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Palestinians see no reason to negotiate as Israeli settlements continue

As international efforts intensify to resume the negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, Palestinians feel that discussions will go nowhere as long as the Israeli government sticks to its policy of settlement expansion.
European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini (L) shakes hands with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during their meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah May 20, 2015. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman - RTX1DRH1
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There are growing Arab and international calls to revive the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations that stopped after Israel refused to release the fourth batch of prisoners incarcerated before the Oslo Accord on March 29, 2014.

The resumption of negotiations was discussed in Geneva during the June 6 meeting of the Quartet on the Middle East, which includes Russia, the European Union, the United States and the United Nations. The meeting was preceded by a May 20 meeting between EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah.

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