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Titolo: Tzipi Livni to U.S. envoy: Conditions not ripe for forming  Palestinian state

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By Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondent and News Agencies
Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni on Sunday told visiting U.S. envoy James
Jones that that the creation of a Palestinian state amid the current
situation in the Gaza Strip and ongoing attacks on Israelis was not in
line with Israel's security demands.
"Israel is obligated to respond to terror, and every process must
offer a unilateral response to its security needs," said Livni. "The
creation of a Palestinian state is not the required answer to Israel's
security needs."
The foreign minister said a future Palestinian state must comprise
officials "who want not only to live in peace with Israel, but are
also able to fight terror and promise the realization of all of its
security needs."
This need is essential "not just prior to the creation of the
Palestinian state but also after its establishment," she added.
The foreign minister will head out Sunday night for a three-day tour
in the United States for talks on the Gaza situation and other
relevant issues.
During her visit, Livni will meet with U.S. Vice President Dick
Cheney, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, National Security Adviser
Stephen Hadley and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
On Thursday, a U.S. envoy, Lt. Gen. William Fraser III, is scheduled
to arrive in the region for his first joint meeting with Israelis and
Palestinians.
President George W. Bush appointed Fraser in January to monitor
implementation of the U.S.-backed road map peace plan - which among
other things calls on Israel to freeze all settlement activity.
The plan also calls on the Palestinians to rein in militant groups - a
step Israel says has not been fulfilled.
Defense official visits Cairo for talks on Gaza calm
Meanwhile, a senior Defense Ministry official visited Cairo on Sunday
in order to discuss ways to restore calm to the Gaza Strip with
Egypt's point man for the Palestinian situation, the Egyptian
presidential spokesman said.
Amos Gilad met with Egypt's head of intelligence, Lt. Gen. Omar
Suleiman to discuss the ongoing crisis in the Gaza Strip and the
meetings between Egyptian officials and the members of Hamas.
"Gilad came to be briefed by Suleiman over Egypt's assessment for the
situation [in Gaza Strip] and the ways to restore calm, according to
what we have been informed by our security officials' meetings with
Hamas representatives," presidential spokesman Suleiman Awwad told
reporters following the meeting. He refused to elaborate further.
Egypt has been meeting regularly with Hamas officials and is exploring
a truce deal between Israel and Hamas that would stop rocket fire on
Israel in exchange for an end to Israeli attacks on militants.
Hamas is also looking to have the Rafah border crossing to Egypt,
which has been closed since June, reopened to trade and travel.
Israel has refused to comment on Egypt's mediation efforts, but
Gilad's visit suggests that a truce with Hamas, following weeks of air
strikes and rocket firing, could be under consideration.
Suleiman was scheduled to visit Israel last week but he delayed his
trip due to an Israel operation in the Strip in which more than 100
Palestinians were killed

 line with Israel's security demands.
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