Azerbaijan, Baku, October 2 / Trend , U.Sadikhova /
Considering the current situation in the negotiations between the Palestinian Administration and Israel, the Palestinians can hardly expect any significant changes, said Moustapha Barghouti, a member of the Legislative Assembly of the Palestinian Autonomy.
Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abu Al-Gheit said to press conference in Cairo that in the next two weeks, significant changes can occur in the life of the Palestinian Autonomy, Al Jazeera website reported.
The Palestinian problem in negotiations of Fatah and Hamas parties to establish a unified national government, as well as the peace process with Israel, reached a peak moment, and the next 15 days can be decisive for the Palestinians.
According to Abu Al-Gheit, Egypt will continue making all efforts to advance the peace agreement between Palestinians and Israelis, RIA Novosti reported.
"I do not know what Ahmed Abu Al-Gheit means, but considering the current situation, we are likely to observe the cessation of the peace process," Barghouti, former information minister of the Palestinian Administration and head of the Palestinian National Initiative (Al Mubarada al Filastiniya Al Wataniya), Trend by telephone from Jerusalem.
Despite international demands, Israel's refusal to freeze Jewish settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem suspended peace talks with the Palestinian Administration.
Palestinian Autonomy President Mahmoud Abbas refused any contacts with the Israeli government of Benjamin Netanyahu, who supports increasing the number of settlements.
Barghouti considers Israel's refusal as the danger of complications in the peace process, which can lead to a change in the sides' positions on it.
Regarding the U.S. pressure on Arab countries and the Palestinian Autonomy to establish relations with Israel, Barghouti sees it as a blow to the interests of the Palestinian Autonomy if the talks with Israel are resumed until the solution of the problem of settlements.
Despite the first meeting over last six months between President Abbas and Prime Minister Netanyahu in Washington last week, mediated by Barack Obama's Administration, the question of renewing peace talks has not been resolved yet.
"As long as the international community does not take sanctions against Israel, we should not expect significant changes," Barghouti said.
Prime Minister Netanyahu proposed a nine-month plan to freeze settlement construction in order to unlock the negotiations with the Palestinians, excluding stopping construction of settlements in East Jerusalem, of which status is still a stumbling block in the peace process.
The total number of settlers in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, reaches half a million, and the number of settlements - 121, RIA Novosti reported.
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