Mitchell requested to resign over perceived US bias towards Israel
George Mitchell ... Time to say farewell?
Special US Mideast envoy George Mitchell has requested to resign in frustration with the biased favour towards Israel by some US officials within the State Department, Hadith An-Nass, a Nazareth-based daily, reported on Friday.
The newspaper, quoting an unnamed Arab political source, said that Mitchell’s request was partly based on the way the US administration has been handling the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
His decision also stemmed from his own failure to advance the resumption of peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, the paper said, adding that the White House turned down the request.
Peace talks between Palestinians and Israelis were halted more than a year ago over the war in the Gaza Strip and have not resumed.
