Lieberman has a vision for first stage of peace talk

(Haaretz)- Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Thursday outlined his vision for the first stage of peace talks with the Palestinians, saying that the parties must begin negotiations with points "where there are no disputes." "There is more than one issue of dispute with the Palestinians, so I would like to start from the point where there are no disputes," he added, speaking in Washington, D.C., where he met with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. "We can begin with the roadblocks, the outposts, the establishment of a single security apparatus, the smuggling of illegal weapons, a [security and governance] pilot project like in Jenin, which we would like to expand." Advertisement Lieberman said that there is no point in focusing on the issue of the settlements. "If we begin with sensitive issues, like Jerusalem, the whole thing will break down," he said. He added that he believes Israelis and Palestinians must develop a "positive dynamic" and then engage in direct talks. "When we adopted that mad process of disengagement [from Gaza] and we evacuated 7,000 Jews, the result was that Hamas came to power," Lieberman said. "I think that today if we create a positive dynamic we must then begin talks with the Palestinians. Each side has a right to its views, we have a position of our own, and Abu Mazen [PA President Mahmoud Abbas] has a stance of his own, and we need to begin talks without preconditions."