(Reuters) Ali Sawafta - Israel and the Palestinian Authority issued a rare joint statement on Saturday, saying they were committed to peace after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dispatched his envoy Isaac Molcho 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. Before Abbas met Molcho, he received a call from U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Clinton also spoke to Netanyahu mid-week.
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