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Netanyahu to Abbas: The time has come for peace
By Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: Benjamin Netanyahu 

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday called on Palestinian President to renew peace negotiations with Israel and bring an end to the years of conflict.

In his address to the gala opening of the Presidential Conference, Netanyahu urged the Palestinian leader to tell his people: "The time has come to end this conflict; tell them that the time has come for two nations to live side-by-side in peace and security."

"I believe that peace with the Palestinians is possible, but that requires brave leadership on both sides," he said.
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"I ask of you," Netanyahu added, directing his remarks at the Palestinian leader, "something I have not even asked of myself. We must discuss peace as soon as possible, and I am ready to do so. But these cannot be closed talks. We must say these things to the world, to our people and to the Palestinian people."

President Shimon Peres opened the second Israeli Presidential Conference on Tuesday with a gala event in Jerusalem, featuring addresses by Israeli and foreign statesmen as well as performances by local musicians.

The conference, titled "Facing Tomorrow," will focus on what actions should be taken to ensure a better future for Israel, the Jewish People, and the rest of the world. Participants will also consider how to turn the financial crisis into an opportunity.

Peres the Middle East envoy for the Quartet, Tony Blair, were also to speak at the opening ceremony.

A statement issued by the president's office noted that the conference was being held amid a number of significant problems facing the world. It listed them as the ongoing economic crisis, continuing ecological deterioration, political instability in the Middle East and Iran's push to acquire nuclear weapons.

"These issues influence not only Israeli security, but also global security; not only the individual but also the community," the statement said.

Leading economic, political, intellectual, and technological experts from Israel and the world will address these issues in this year's conference, Peres' office said. These include futurist Raymond Kurzweil; Baron David Mayer de Rothschild; French philosopher and economist Jacques Battaglai; French Philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy; Josh Silverman, Global President of Skype; Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales; and Indian Guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar.

The statesman participating this year include U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice; the President of Macedonia, Gjorge Ivanov; Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski; former Spanish Prime Minister José María Alfredo Aznar López; Chinese Minister of Information Wong Chan; former Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma; Canadian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Leonard J. Edwards; and French Foreign Trade Minister Anne-Marie Idrac.

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      1.   Maybe Netanyahu should send Lieberman to relay the message 22:23  |  Frodo 20/10/09
      2.   Meanwhile, the colonization in the West Bank continues. 22:30  |  Ryan 20/10/09
      3.   now who says the g/stone report doesn`t promote peace? 22:42  |  even if natanyahoo 20/10/09
      4.   He who pays the piper calls the tune! 22:44  |  Sceptic 20/10/09
      5.   Bibi, does this mean you are willing to freeze the settlements? 22:45  |  Aharon 20/10/09
      6.   Reeking diversion 22:47  |  Sani Meo 20/10/09
      7.   But it will not include 22:48  |  Dave Duncan 20/10/09
      8.   yes for peace 22:53  |  Nasir 20/10/09
      9.   Bibi - don`t you know a more up-to-date joke? 22:59  |  David 20/10/09
      10.   I Don`t Trust Bibi on this. I hope he`s sincere 23:06  |  Ed 20/10/09
      11.   Well, Yiddish folklore says even-brooms-can-fly... 23:23  |  Esther 20/10/09
      12.   Pax Israel 23:57  |  Zvuv 20/10/09
      13.   We have heard this before 00:09  |  Mark Lincoln 21/10/09
      14.   Netanyahu: I want peace! No preconditions! 00:55  |  Apa 21/10/09
      15.   YOU MEAN TIME HAS COME... 01:49  |  COOCOOCOOCOO 21/10/09
      16.   Peace talks 02:12  |  Neil 21/10/09
      17.   Oh please, enough Bibi 02:33  |  betz55 21/10/09
      18.   Bibi "something I have not asked even myself? 02:59  |  jim the mechanic 21/10/09
      19.   Simply end the occupation and there can be peace! 03:04  |  Sam 21/10/09
      20.   Bibi, be "brave" and end settlements! 03:39  |  Andrew 21/10/09
      21.   Give up Netanyahu 04:44  |  Pals dont want peace 21/10/09
      22.   time for peace? 04:44  |  John Spear 21/10/09
      23.   netanyahu crawls to terrorist again 04:54  |  DOV KORET 21/10/09
      24.   abbas needs to call his bluff 05:16  |  eric 21/10/09
      25.   When - EVER - has not Netanyahu lied about `peace`? 05:22  |  Mark Lincoln 21/10/09
      26.   "PA chief negotiatior ready to talk with US, but not with Israel 06:18  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 21/10/09
      27.   Honesty 07:05  |  Jim 21/10/09
      28.   Bibi is all words 08:19  |  Fahmi Natour 21/10/09
      29.   anti-bibi posters, lend me your eyes,answer me this 08:33  |  mc.yaveli 21/10/09
      30.   Enough with the BS 08:50  |  mrb 21/10/09
      31.   To mc. yaveli 10:50  |  Fahmi Natour 21/10/09
      32.   Fahmi puhleeze! 12:30  |  Petra 21/10/09
      33.   Hamas and PA refuse to recognise Israel 13:56  |  r cummings 21/10/09
      34.   Yes lets talk while BIBI keeps stealing land and abusing Pals 17:18  |  carol 21/10/09
      35.   The time has come for BS 18:01  |  Saladin 21/10/09
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