The vital Palestinian reform process seems as if it reached a dead-end as Palestinian prime minister-designate Mahmoud Abbas Abu Mazen (Abu Mazen) said that, "Things have broken down between me and Arafat. I will not come back." Talks stalled late Saturday, April 19, with Abbas walking out and threatening to quit. Parliamentary speaker Ahmed Qorei had been sent to meet Abbas to try to persuade him to come back to the talks, but one parliamentarian told AFP that the chances of bridging the gap between the two Fatah co-founders was "very, very weak."
| Ah, yes. Brings back fond memories of Madelaine Albright, racing after Yasser in her heels when he stalked off from one of the interminable meetings in the peace processor. If you don't want to negotiate, you can always set it up so you don't have to. |
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