The speaker of the Palestinian legislative council said he has held talks with Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres about an Egyptian-Jordanian initiative to stop violence and renew the political dialogue. But Ahmed Karia added that without a freeze on Jewish settlements and discussions on a final peace accord, the initiative is meaningless.
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