„In a striking rejection of relentless international efforts to broker new talks, Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki said Monday that the Palestinians will “never” return to direct negotiations with Israel. Malki said that one-on-one talks with Israel were out of the question. ‚We will never go back and sit again in a direct Israeli-Palestinian negotiations,‘ Malki told a press conference. He is visiting Japan with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who was due to meet Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe later Monday.“ (Bericht in der Times Of Israel: PA: Palestinians to ‚never‘ again negotiate directly with Israel)