Palestine President feels betrayed by Obama on Israeli settlement issue
April 26th, 2011 - 4:32 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 26 (ANI): Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said that US President Barack Obama let him down on the Israeli settlement issue.
Describing the Israeli construction as a sticking point in the peace talks, Abbas said it was Obama who had suggested a full settlement freeze.
“I said OK, I accept. We both went up the tree. After that, he came down with a ladder and he removed the ladder and said to me, jump. Three times he did it,” The Politico quoted Abbas, as saying.
In his recent interview, Abbas also criticized the work of George Mitchell, Obama’s Special Envoy to the Middle East.
“Every visit by Mitchell, we talked to him and gave him some ideas. At the end we discovered that he didn’t convey any of these ideas to the Israelis. What does it mean?” said Abbas. (ANI)
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