Annie
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kind of a weird story.
Netanyahu responds to Palestinian letter - Yahoo! News
Probably nothing will come of this, then again, if it did? How weird would that be for Obama? Of course with all the good will between the US and Israel today, who'd think?
If some sort of agreement was formed, what would that mean for Iran?
Oh yes, this administration has just done a peachy job with the world relations.
Netanyahu responds to Palestinian letter - Yahoo! News
Netanyahu responds to Palestinian letter
ReutersBy Ali Sawafta | Reuters 8 hrs ago
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Israel and the Palestinian Authority issued a rare joint statement on Saturday, saying they were committed to peace after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dispatched an envoy to meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
The envoy carried a letter from Netanyahu replying to one he received last month from Abbas, in which the Palestinian leader stated his grievances over the collapse of peace talks in 2010 and laid out his parameters for a resumption of negotiations.
Details of Netanyahu's letter were not released, but Israeli officials said last week that they did not expect him to accept a key Palestinian demand to halt all settlement building in the occupied territories before reopening any talks.
Netanyahu's office issued a joint statement with the Palestinians after envoy Isaac Molcho met Abbas in Ramallah -- the Palestinian Authority's administrative capital.
"Israel and the Palestinian Authority are committed to achieving peace and the sides hope that the exchange of letters between President Abbas and Prime Minister Netanyahu will further this goal," the statement said.
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Probably nothing will come of this, then again, if it did? How weird would that be for Obama? Of course with all the good will between the US and Israel today, who'd think?
If some sort of agreement was formed, what would that mean for Iran?
Oh yes, this administration has just done a peachy job with the world relations.