Critical Israeli-Palestinian Meeting Ends in Stormy Failure

A stormy meeting between American envoy Martin Indyk and the Israeli and Palestinian chief negotiations late Wednesday ended in failure, Haaretz reported on Thursday.

Palestinian sources described the meeting as a “fierce political battle” and said that Indyk was unable to cool the air and stop the two sidesfrom clashing. The sources added that Israeli side threatened the Palestinians with unprecedented sanctions in response to Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat’s declaration that their team was representing the occupied Palestinian state recognized by the United Nations.