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Thu 04 Apr 2009New Israeli minister says peace concessions cause wars
ON HIS first day in office, Israel’s controversial new foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman dropped a political bombshell, saying Israel was not bound by the Annapolis process and that Israeli concessions will not bring peace.
The Annapolis process, launched by former US president George Bush at a gathering in Maryland in November 2007, marked the start of more than a year of intensive peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians. The negotiations ended without a dramatic breakthrough although, according to some Israeli officials, significant progress was made.
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