JERUSALEM (AFP) – Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas warned against a rise in extremism if the [COLOR=#366388 ! important][COLOR=#366388 ! important]ongoing [COLOR=#366388 ! important]peace [/COLOR][COLOR=#366388 ! important]process[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR] failed, in an interview to Israeli public television.
"Desperation will feed extremism," Abbas said in the exclusive interview aired Sunday, adding that he hoped that US efforts to end a deadlock in [COLOR=#366388 ! important][COLOR=#366388 ! important]peace [COLOR=#366388 ! important]talks[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR] would succeed.Air Jordan shoes
Israel and the Palestinians began face-to-face negotiations six weeks ago, but the talks look set to collapse following the end of an Israeli ban on settlement building which expired on September 26.
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Abbas also reaffirmed that the Palestinians did not have to recognise Israel as a "Jewish state," as demanded by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in return for a possible settlement halt.