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Livni: EU Mideast initiative ‘unacceptable’ without Israel

Updated: 17/Nov/2006 13:01

Spanish foreign minister Miguel Angel Moratinos

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JERUSALEM (EJP)--- Israel’s foreign minister Tzipi Livni said that Israel rejected out of hand a new peace initiative sponsored by Spain, Italy and France, which calls for increased international intervention in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the Israeli daily newspaper Haaretz reported Friday.

Livni told on Thursday her Spanish counterpart, Miguel Angel Moratinos, that it was “unacceptable” for an initiative concerning Israel to be launched without coordination with Jerusalem.

She told Moratinos that if the sponsors of the initiative were inclined, they should seek to conduct dialogue with Israel on any new initiative.
A senior Israeli official said: "As far as we know, even the European Union is not interested in the idea. This initiative will not rise up."

Spanish Prime Minister Spain Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero announced plans to launch the initiative, stressing that the international community cannot remain idle as violence rages between Israel and the Palestinians.

Zapatero announced the new European initiative at a summit with President Jacques Chirac of France in Spain. "Peace between Israel and the Palestinians means to a large extent peace on the international scene," Zapatero told a news conference.

The peace plan will be presented to the next EU summit in December in Brussels, Zapatero said, adding he hopes to win the backing of Britain and Germany as well.

Palestinian Authority spokesman Nabil Rudineh said Thursday that his government welcomed the initiative, particularly its emphasis on international intervention.

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