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Netanyahu tells Abbas: I will cooperate for peace
By Avi Issacharoff and Yoav Stern, Haaretz Correspondents
Tags: israel news, mahmoud abbas 

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday that he planned to cooperate with him in order to advance mutual peace efforts.

Abbas called Netanyahu to extend holiday greetings for Passover , adding that "both sides needed to work for peace", according to a statement from the Prime Minister's Office.

Netanyahu, whose right-leaning government took office on March 31, said "he intended to resume" talks and cooperation with the Palestinians for the sake of promoting peace, the statement said.
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Israeli officials said this was the first contact between the two leaders since Netanyahu became prime minister for the second time. He last held the post from 1996 to 1999.

Netanyahu "recalled their past cooperation and conversations, and how he intended to resume this in the future in order to advance peace", said the statement.

Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad al-Malkhi said Sunday that Abbas was planning a trip to Washington in the coming weeks to meet with U.S. President Barack Obama. Riad told the Palestinian daily Al-Ayam that a date has still not be set for the visit, but that it was likely to occur before Netanyahu's own visit.

King Abdullah of Jordan is also planning to visit the White House at the end of the month to urge Obama to move ahead with the Arab peace initiative. Abdullah would be the first Middle East leader to meet with Obama in Washington, ahead of Abbas or Netanyahu.

A Jordanian source told Haaretz that the king would assure Obama of Jordan's commitment to a two-state solution, and would encourage him to support a united Palestinian government.

Abdullah has recently criticized the lack of progress in talks toward a final-status agreement, Israel's settlement policy and the destruction of Arab homes in Jerusalem. He has sought international intervention on these matters.

Abdullah has also expressed disappointment that the Israeli cabinet has not discussed the Arab peace initiative, of which Jordan is a key supporter.


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      1.   Netanyahu`s policy will be:stall all 15:32  |  Bob 12/04/09
      2.   the plea for more hot air and ignoring the facts on the ground is 15:41  |  v hardman 12/04/09
      3.   A Palestinian state doesn`t have to mean peace 16:02  |  x-ray 12/04/09
      4.   Peace talks 16:22  |  Damon 12/04/09
      5.   show us the money! 16:41  |  bashar 12/04/09
      6.   The real 2-state solution 16:43  |  Great White North 12/04/09
      7.   Victior Hardman aka Paul Harris--thinks that 17:22  |  Labhras 12/04/09
      8.   Hopefully 17:29  |  Osama 12/04/09
      9.   Netanyahu is a 100% stall policy and never reliable or honest! 17:29  |  American 12/04/09
      10.   Peace should be imposed by UNSC binding Resolution! 17:30  |  Jack 12/04/09
      11.   Waste of time 17:53  |  Harold 12/04/09
      12.   #11 Harold I wish you luck!!! 18:16  |  Ari ben Yisrael 12/04/09
      13.   Stop billion$ US aid, boycott and sanctions 18:16  |  Objective Reader 12/04/09
      14.   they hack your children into pieces, and you netanyahu 18:43  |  James a Gentile 12/04/09
      15.   Magic Words 19:17  |  BazMann 12/04/09
      16.   #12 The world does not revolve around Israel fella 19:18  |  Labhras 12/04/09
      17.   No! 19:22  |  riymer 12/04/09
      18.   James a gentile shame on you for not knowing the truth 19:24  |  x-ray 12/04/09
      19.   Osama you`ve got it back to front 19:26  |  x-ray 12/04/09
      20.   #10 - Jack 19:27  |  MichaelF 12/04/09
      21.   Arabs don`t want peace so there will be no cooperation 19:41  |  Frank 12/04/09
      22.   Go and speak of peace;just do not go and speak of PIECE for peace 20:13  |  glenna 12/04/09
      23.   Complex 20:14  |  Motic 12/04/09
      24.   Peace talks 21:41  |  Rich205 12/04/09
      25.   #7 labarse of arabia and the lack of precise logic 22:27  |  vhardman 12/04/09
      26.   # 12 ari 23:46  |  Axel 12/04/09
      27.   Where is FIGHLIN at? did heard me FIGHLIN, my brother ! 02:21  |  Lets kik them. 13/04/09
      28.   #12 02:57  |  Uri 13/04/09
      29.   to american 03:33  |  danish 13/04/09
      30.   to bazMann 03:42  |  udi 13/04/09
      31.   to harold 03:53  |  ehud 13/04/09
      32.   What Israel should exist udi? 05:15  |  BBSNews 13/04/09
      33.   Boycott, divestment, and sanctions... 05:30  |  Aaron Levitt 13/04/09
      34.   #2 Gosh, that`s ignorant prattle, VictorPaul 07:03  |  Johnboy 14/04/09
      35.   I fully agree with Netanyahu; The Palestinians needs to grow up 09:07  |  Akram Zekaria 14/04/09
      36.   Osama-8 "Israel has to start removing all roadblocks in the ..an 15:13  |  Akram Zekaria 14/04/09
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