Abbas negotiator says no document for Annapolis--"Lecondel"

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RAMALLAH, West Bank, Nov 19 (Reuters) - The chief negotiator for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Monday he would hold no more talks with his Israeli counterpart after a meeting on Saturday failed to make progress on a joint policy document.

Ahmed Qurie and Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni have led teams trying to draft a document to be presented at next week's Middle East conference in Annapolis that would lay out how to resume negotiations on a Palestinian state. Qurie told Reuters he now expected no such joint document to be presented.

"The negotiations have come to an end without achieving the results we have been seeking," Qurie said before Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert were due to meet to try to find ways to resolve differences over resuming peace talks.


link: http://www.reuters.com/article/featuredCrisis/idUSB732568


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The long buildup to Annapolis, together with Ms. Rice’s many trips to the region, have given birth to a new verb in Israeli government circles: “lecondel,” meaning, to come and go for meetings that produce few results. The word is based on Ms. Rice’s first name.

http://daledamos.blogspot.com/2007/11/condoleezza-rices-contribution-to.html

I heard this on NPR. She is so ineffective that the Israelis made a new word based on her lack of productivity.