April 3, 2012

Netanyahu to call on Abbas to return to the negotiating table

In a letter, a response to a letter from the Palestinian president, the Israeli premier will stress willingness to resume talks immediately.

by Barak Ravid, Haaretz

http://www.jewishjournal.com/ israel/article/netanyahu_to_call_on_abbas_to_return_to_the_negotiating_table_20120403/

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on March 19. Photo by REUTERS/Baz Ratner

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu intends to send a letter to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, in which he will call on him to return to the negotiating table, promptly and without preconditions.

A senior Israeli official said the letter would be a response to a similar communiqué Abbas plans to relay to Netanyahu in the upcoming days.

The Israeli message will stress among other diplomatic statements the Israeli willingness to resume the talks that took place in the Jordanian capital Amman, under the aegis of the Jordanian king and the in Quartet of Middle East peacemakers.