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Israel keen on Abbas staying in office: reports Ron Bousso Israel is keen on Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas staying in office despite his announcement he will not seek re- election, officials said Friday. France urged the Palestinian leader to press on with his peace efforts and the Arab League called on him to reconsider his decision amid small demonstrations of support for Abbas in the occupied West Bank. The Israeli government has refrained from officially commenting on Abbas' announcement late on Thursday that he would not stand in the Palestinian general election he has called for January. "This is an internal (Palestinian) affair," Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon told public radio. "We don't interfere in others' internal affairs. "But it is evident that Israel and the United States are interested in a Palestinian leadership that is responsible and pragmatic," he said. A senior Israeli official told AFP that hawkish Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sees Abbas "as a partner for peace." "We would like to start negotiations as soon as possible with the moderate Palestinian leadership," he said, requesting anonymity. The popular Ynet news website quoted an official it did not identify as saying: "It's in Israel's interest to have Abbas stay in office." "Netanyahu does not want Abu Mazen (Abbas) to leave," another told the Maariv newspaper. "He is careful not to embrace him too tightly, but clearly he is the candidate who is the lesser evil among the Palestinian leadership." The left-leaning daily Haaretz said Israeli President Shimon Peres had telephoned Abbas a day before his announcement to try to talk him out of his decision. "If you leave, the Palestinians would lose their chance for an independent state," Haaretz quoted Peres as saying. "The situation in the region would deteriorate. Stay, for the Palestinian people's sake." Peres's spokeswoman declined to comment on the report. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said meanwhile that he will travel to the region in the coming days and would hold talks with Abbas, whose decision was seen in Paris as a new "threat to peace." "I will press Mahmud Abbas to obstinately continue his work for peace, that is, for the creation of a Palestinian state," Kouchner said in Paris. In Cairo, Arab League chief Amr Mussa urged Abbas to reconsider his decision and assured the beleaguered leader of his support, Egyptian state news agency MENA reported. Small demonstrations urging Abbas to change his mind were held in the West Bank towns of Ramallah, Hebron and Jericho. In the desert oasis town of Jericho, dozens of cars jammed the town centre after weekly Muslim prayers on Friday and honked their horns as passengers chanted for the president to stand in the next election. Most of the Israeli press dismissed Abbas's announcement as a tactical manoeuvre meant to pressure the United States to maintain its pressure on Israel for a total freeze on settlement construction in the West Bank. "The Abu Mazen Threat Show," said a headline in Maariv. "This announcement is a tactical step, aimed first and foremost at the Americans," an Israeli official told the mass-selling Yediot Aharonot daily. Abbas insisted late on Thursday that his announcement was "not a stunt" and Palestinian officials said the president's declaration was motivated by his disappointment with Washington on the settlements issue. After months of pressuring Israel for a complete freeze, Washington backed off, with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton praising Israel's offer of limited restrictions on construction as "unprecedented." Abbas did not connect his decision directly to the stalled peace process, but said he was "surprised" by Washington's apparent decision not to insist on a complete Israeli settlement freeze. "We welcomed it, and were optimistic when President (Barack) Obama announced the need for a complete halt to settlements including natural growth," he said. "We were surprised by his (later) support for the Israeli position." http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20091106/twl-israel-keen-on-abbas-staying-in-offi-3cd7efd.html -- A government, of Israel, by Israel, and, for: Israel. But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light. The light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness! Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.[ Auf dieses Posting antworten ]