“There is absolutely no difference between the PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) and the PNC (Palestine National Council)” and therefore Israel rejects the participation of any PNC members in a Jordanian-Palestinian delegation to negotiate with Israel, Meir Rosenne, Israeli Ambassador to the United States, declared.
“Israel considers the PNC as a terrorist organization,” Rosenne told more than 200 delegates attending the 72nd National Commission Meeting of the Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith at the Grand Hyatt Hotel here at the opening session yesterday.
Secretary of State George Shultz said last week that the United States is willing to accept non-PLO members of the PNC as participants in a joint Jordanian-Palestinian delegation to negotiate a Mideast settlement.
Rosenne reiterated Israeli opposition to an international conference on the Mideast, as urged by King Hussein last week during his visit to Washington. An “international conference will put an end to any hope for peace in the Mideast,” the Israeli envoy asserted, adding “it is detrimental to the peace process.”The only way to achieve peace is through direct negotiation as the peace treaty that was signed in 1979 between Israel and Egypt has proven, he claimed. “Direct negotiations should take place now between Israel and Jordan,” he added.
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