| 1 | After all, it is the negotiating table, not a game of hardball, that will bring progress. | |
| 2 | But the Palestinians are refusing to return to the negotiating table until Israel agrees to a settlement freeze. | |
| 3 | Syria says it will not return to the negotiating table until Israel agrees in advance to withdraw from the Golan Heights. | |
| 4 | Israeli spokesman Mark Regev says the only place to address such disagreements is at the negotiating table. | |
| 5 | And it forced Carlyle and Xugong back to the negotiating table over the ministry's objections, the cable said. |