US Envoy Middle East Diplomacy Drive Ends Unsuccessfully

World | September 18, 2009, Friday // 17:30
US Envoy Middle East Diplomacy Drive Ends Unsuccessfully: US Envoy Middle East Diplomacy Drive Ends Unsuccessfully US Middle East envoy George Mitchell (L) and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu (R). Photo by BGNES

US envoy George Mitchell's latest round of shuttle diplomacy in the Middle East has ended without agreement, Palestinian officials said.

Mitchell had met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem in a fresh attempt at getting a deal on Jewish settlement activity, the BBC reported.

He also went to the West Bank to speak with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas.

Mitchell was hoping for a consensus before all sides attend the UN General Assembly in New York next week.

Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said: "There is no agreement yet with the Israeli side and no middle ground solution."

Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad demands settlement freeze.

An Israeli official was reported to have suggested that there may be a hiatus is settlement building in the West Bank, not including East Jerusalem, a little longer than previously offered.

 

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