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<p>PNN &#8211; Palestine News Network -16.06.11 &#8211; 16:18</p>
<p><strong>Amman &#8211; PNN &#8211; Jordan&#8217;s King Abdullah II told the Washington Post that the chances for peace between Israel and Palestine are low after various peace initiatives taken over the past month have fallen flat.</strong></p>
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<p>Abdullah told the Washington Post that the political shift to the right has made the Israeli government unable to make the kind of compromises necessary for peace with Palestine.</p>
<p>He also said the recent Arab Spring democratic uprisings have opened a new chance for negotiations, but after initiatives from the US and French governments and the EU have not been taken up yet, the window for peace will soon close.</p>
<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected US President Barack Obama&#8217;s calls for negotiations to be based on 1967 borders with land swaps, saying the 1967 borders were &#8220;indefensible&#8221; for Israel.</p>
<p>Abdullah projected a Middle East more hostile to Israel as newly-democratic governments &#8220;seek to exploit popular resentments,&#8221; said the Washington Post.</p>
<p>&#8220;2011 will be, I think, a very bad year for peace, said Abdullah to the Washington Post.</p>
<p>He even suggested the situation may turn more and more violent saying, &#8220;when there&#8217;s  a status quo, usually what shakes everybody up is some sort of military confrontation.&#8221;</p>
<p>As Palestinians see the chances for a negotiated peace slipping away there is an increased chance of uprising, said Abdullah.</p>
<p>Netanyahu has expressed concern that a third Palestinian intifada, or uprising, will erupt soon. Previous intifadas occurred in the late 1980s and early 2000s.</p>
<p>&#8220;Although we will continue to try to bring both sides to the table, I am the most pessimistic I have been in 11 years,&#8221; said Abdullah.</p>
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