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Rice: Settlement expansions weaken Israeli-Palestinian confidence
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President Abbas hoped to deploy the PNA's forces in every Palestinian town after being deployed Saturday in northern West Bank city of Jenin to restore order. The deployments are part of the U.S.-backed Road Map peace plan.

On Saturday, President Abbas deployed more than 480 Palestinian security forces in northern West Bank town of Jenin, as part of the government's security plan. The moves will be covered some 50 villages and is supposed to last for three months.

Abbas also renewed the PNA's commitment to negotiations and peace process with Israel.

As part of the commitment, Abbas noted he would meet Israeli Premier Ehud Olmert Monday while the heads of the negotiation teams, former Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei and Israeli foreign minister Tzipi Livni would meet the same day.

"The meetings will discuss the final-status issues and the vital daily-life issues," he said.

The talks aim at reaching a framework enabling the creation of a Palestinian statehood alongside Israel. Rice said that President Bush believes it was time to establish the Palestinian statehood and reaching the deal before he leaves the White House.

However, President Abbas said that time was too short and they "race with time" to accomplish it. He admitted that after several months of negotiations, no single word has been written for the agreement.

As for the internal Palestinian issues, Abbas called on the Islamic Resistance Movement, or Hamas, to accept holding early presidential and parliamentary elections.

"We call on Hamas to step back from its coup, to accept the legitimacy and to immediately accept holding early presidential and parliamentary elections."

Hamas ousted pro-Abbas forces from Gaza Strip and took over the territory in June. The Islamic movement, which won legislative elections in January 2006, still rules the Gaza Strip and the group is neglecting a decree by Abbas firing its administration.

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