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Israel’s Netanyahu sees new talks with Palestinians
Loading ...Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas “intends” to renew stalled peace negotiations, suggesting a breakthrough was possible after months of deadlock.
In a speech to his right-wing Likud faction in Tel Aviv, Netanyahu said talks with the Palestinians, which the United States has sought to convene, may resume as soon as next week.
Netanyahu also said he would visit Egypt, the first Arab country to sign a peace deal with Israel, for talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak Monday.
U.S. President Barack Obama’s Middle East envoy, George Mitchell, has been pushing the two sides to resume negotiations that have been stalled since the three-week Gaza war that began in Dec 2008, on an indirect basis or so-called “proximity” talks.
Mitchell held three days of talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders during a visit last week.
Netanyahu said he had “heard with satisfaction” that Abbas “intends to renew the talks. I will be very glad if this will indeed by carried out next week.”
Via The Washington Post.
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