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Sunday, 2 December, 2001, 15:17 GMT
Mitchell report: Main points
The report warns that both sides are "close to the abyss"
The Mitchell Commission summarises the main points of its inquiry into the Israeli-Palestinian violence which broke out in September 2000 under three headings:
The report calls on Palestinians to:
It calls on the Israeli side to:
Peace 'culture' under threat The report calls on both sides to "act quickly to pull the region back from the abyss" and warns that:
It determines that a visit to Jerusalem's Temple Mount by Ariel Sharon on 28 September 2000 - well before he became prime minister - "did not cause" the current violence. But, it concludes, the visit was poorly timed and its provocative effect should have been foreseen. The Palestinians have said that the unannounced visit to the site - which is holy to both Muslims and Jews - triggered the violence; Israel accuses the Palestinians of using the visit as an excuse to riot. Palestinian leaders have embraced the commission's findings, despite disappointments that it did not back their demands for an international observer force in Gaza and on the West Bank.
The Palestinians, and UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, have called on the Bush administration to embrace the report as a basis for resuming peace negotiations. Israel has said it accepts the report, but says it will not halt construction in settlements in the West Bank and Gaza - areas the Palestinians hope will become part of their future state.
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