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Olmert is not sure of reaching peace deal Israel, Palestinians open talks on core issues

AFP, Jerusalem
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert warned Monday that Israel and the Palestinians may not reach a peace deal that US President George W. Bush predicted within a year as both sides began discussing the conflict s core issues.
Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and former Palestinian prime minister Ahmed Qorei. the top > negotiators, met in Jerusalem for the first time since Bush's landmark peace mission last week.
’The meeting lasted two hours in a good and constructive atmosphere," the foreign ministry spokesman told AFP afterward. "They discussed the core issues... (and) agreed to continue these talks on an intensive basis.
But even as the two sides discussed the most intractable issues of their conflict for the first time since reviving their negotiations in late November after seven-year freeze, Olmert warned they may not reach a deal.
Tin not sure we can reach an agreement and I'm not sure wc can reach its implementation," a senior government official quoted Olmert as telling parliament's foreign affairs and defence committee.
"But I will be committing a sin to my duty if I dicin' t try," he said. "The opposition and the head of the opposition want to maintain the status quo at any price. 1 say this is dangerous, adventurous and irresponsible."
Olmert has faced internal criticism over the talks, with two members of his coalition threatening quit if core issues are discussed and opinion polls showing that rightwing opposition parties would win a new general election.
Meanwhile Livni said that details of the talks were unlikely to be divulged.
"Past experience has shown that when talks are held in the limelight they lead to the radicalisation of the positions and to the distortion of the things said behind closed doors; to a rise in expectation and to disappoint-
ment that eventually leads to violence," her office quoted her as saying.
During his first presidential visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories last week. Bush predicted the two sides would sign a peace treaty to end their decades-old conflict before he left office in January 2009.
"I believe it's going to happen, that there's going to be a signed peace treaty by the time I leave office," he said.
Aiming to score a foreign policy triumph before Bush leaves office, his administration has turned its attention to the festering Middle East conflict over the past year, especially after Islamist movement Hamas seized control of the Gaza Strip seven months ago.
As he wrapped up his visit, Bush said he was determined to push the two sides into sealing a deal that has eluded numerous previous US administrations.
But they remain as far apart as ever on the most sensitive questions dogging the conflict --Jerusalem, refugees, settlements.