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Netanyahu: Peace talks with Palestinians 'within weeks'
By Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: Israel News, Netanyahu 
 

Israel on Wednesday that peace talks with the Palestinians are likely to resume "within the coming weeks."

"I have a basis to hope that in the coming weeks we will renew the peace process with the Palestinians without preconditions," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a conference in Herzliya on Wednesday.

"I have been saying for quite some time that the international community recognizes the fact that Israel wants and is ready to renew the peace process," the premier said. "From the moment that this recognition has dawned on the key elements in the international community, the feasibility and practicality of this move has also come to fruition."
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Netanyahu cited the American efforts to mediate between Israel and the Palestinians, who have thus far refused to resume peace talks.

"You need two to tango," Netanyahu said. "In the Middle East, you need three, and only later can we continue to dance as a couple."

"If there is a desire to begin a process, we will see the renewal of the process within the coming weeks," the premier said.

Netanyahu also alluded to former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's speech at the Herzliya Conference in 2005, when he announced his intention to dismantle settlements in the Gaza Strip.

"Today, I want to talk about engagement [rather than disengagement]," Netanyahu said. "Engagement with tradition, Zionism, our past and our future, here in the land of our forefathers, the land of our children and grandchildren."
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  1.   Talk, talk, talk 21:11  |  Russ 03/02/10
  2.   more talk 21:15  |  Helen 03/02/10
  3.   good news? 21:18  |  dave 03/02/10
  4.   In the wider scheme of things.... 21:51  |  alan 03/02/10
  5.   Bibi plays his role with more enthusiasm if not more sincerity 21:52  |  Natallie Durson 03/02/10
  6.   Great to hear about the need for engagment, but about the tango 22:35  |  Smadar 03/02/10
  7.   Engage With the Zionism of the Past, Bibi Says 22:39  |  Binyamin 03/02/10
  8.   panic titanic it`s the swine flu millions will perish 22:56  |  Ruri 03/02/10
  9.   What is this man smoking---peace talks get 23:04  |  Ireland 03/02/10
  10.   Peace is waged! 23:36  |  Space 03/02/10
  11.   Please, spare us the 23:44  |  Bored 03/02/10
  12.   Preconditions 00:24  |  Neil 04/02/10
  13.   Engagement With Truth and Justice 01:11  |  Vladek 04/02/10
  14.   above 01:16  |  moishe 04/02/10
  15.   Netanyahu has used this trick too many times 01:20  |  Walter 04/02/10
  16.   No preconditions 02:57  |  Bazmann 04/02/10
  17.   Tomorrow, Preconditions Announced 02:57  |  Mark of Lewiston 04/02/10
  18.   Netanyahu could have had talks any time he wanted 05:22  |  Mark Lincoln 04/02/10
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