Abbas - We don't want to 'flood' Israel with Palestinian refugees


  • World
  • Monday, 17 Feb 2014

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Addressing a sticking point in U.S.-brokered peace talks, President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday dismissed charges by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he wanted to "flood" Israel with Palestinian refugees.

Abbas spoke to about 300 Israeli students in the West Bank city of Ramallah two weeks before Netanyahu meets President Barack Obama in Washington as an April deadline looms in negotiations for a two-state solution.

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