Israel, Palestinians meet under settlement cloud
8/15/2013 9:08:24 AM
Israeli and Palestinian negotiators met for around five hours on Wednesday in a new round of direct peace talks after a three-year break, Israeli media said.
They said that talks began shortly before 7:00 p.m. and wound up just before midnight.
"The parties agreed to meet again within days," Haaretz daily's diplomatic correspondent Barak Ravid tweeted.
He quoted an Israeli official as saying the talks were "long and serious."
Israeli negotiator Tzipi Livni's office said earlier that there would be no statements or pictures from the meeting.
"Why?" tweeted spokesperson Mia Bengel. "To allow the teams to work together, and not think about the media waiting outside."
Israeli television and newspapers said the meeting was held at an undisclosed location in Jerusalem.
"This evening the sides will try to complete discussion on the framework of the negotiations in order to start dealing with the core issues at the next meeting, which will take place in Jericho within the next two weeks," privately-owned Channel 10 television reported.
They said that talks began shortly before 7:00 p.m. and wound up just before midnight.
"The parties agreed to meet again within days," Haaretz daily's diplomatic correspondent Barak Ravid tweeted.
He quoted an Israeli official as saying the talks were "long and serious."
Israeli negotiator Tzipi Livni's office said earlier that there would be no statements or pictures from the meeting.
"Why?" tweeted spokesperson Mia Bengel. "To allow the teams to work together, and not think about the media waiting outside."
Israeli television and newspapers said the meeting was held at an undisclosed location in Jerusalem.
"This evening the sides will try to complete discussion on the framework of the negotiations in order to start dealing with the core issues at the next meeting, which will take place in Jericho within the next two weeks," privately-owned Channel 10 television reported.