Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday addressed thousands of North American Jews at the General Assembly of the Jewish Federations of North America, where he urged Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to relaunch peace talks immediately.
“We should not place preconditions for holding talks, such preconditions have never been set in 16 years,” Netanyahu said, referring to the Palestinian demand that Israel completely halt construction in West Bank settlements before talks can resume.
“No Israeli government has been so willing to restrain settlement activity as part of an effort to relaunch peace talks,” the prime minister added, addressing Abbas by name and saying “let us seize the moment, let us relaunch peace talks immediately.”
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