Abbas: Israeli-Palestinian peace could be reached in two months

03.01.2011                     27.Tevet, 5771

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Abbas: Israeli-Palestinian peace could be reached in two months

Palestinian leader urges Netanyahu to take new approach to peace process; Netanyahu: I'll sit for direct talks until agreement achieved.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Sunday that he believed Israel and the Palestinians could reach a deal within two months, if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was willing to take a new approach in the peace process.
The Palestinian president reiterated that the time had come for decisions, rather than talks, and said that Jerusalem must be the non-negotiable capital of the Palestinian state. Abbas did add, however, that the Palestinians would not make a unilateral declaration of statehood….