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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10198

24 August 2010
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/middle east
Ashton calls for work to be fast and hard so that direct Israel-Palestinian negotiations can lead to settlement within one year

Brussels, 23/08/2010 (Agence Europe) - On 20 August, the United States announced that direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians would resume in Washington on 2 September, after a break of 20 months. The Quartet for the Middle East (United States, Russia, the European Union and the UN), on the same day, gave their support to direct discussions leading to a negotiated settlement between the parties, ending the occupation which began in 1967 and leading to the creation of a...