based Al-Nadwa said this visit constitutes the sixth visit of the envoy since his appointment by US President Barack Obama. The paper pointed out that the vision of Obama for settling the middle east problem on the basis of establishing two states: A Palestinian state and an Israeli state, has been surrounded by several complications due to the Israeli intransigent stands notably its settlement policy. "At a time when Mitchell arrives in the region to give an impetus to the negotiations, Israel has been demolishing houses of Palestinians in east al-Quds," the daily said. It is Israel and not any other party which should face pressures for conducting direct negotiations, otherwise the Palestinian side will not find an incentive from the indirect negotiations which are expected to yield nothing.
