According to a top Palestinian negotiator, the Palestinians are ready to sit down with Israel, without any preconditions – except for one major precondition.
Palestinian Authority (PA) Foreign Minister Riyad Al Malki recently announced that PA President Mahmoud Abbas is willing to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “without preconditions.”
In typical fashion, Al Malki immediately issued a precondition after extending the empty precondition offer, demanding that Russian President Vladimir Putin preside over the negotiations.
With Russia aligned with Syria and Iran, nations sworn to Israel’s destruction, Al Malki’s precondition reveals the Palestinians’ intransigence when it comes to sitting down in good faith with Israel to hammer out an agreement.