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Netanyahu to Mitchell: Time to Put Aside PA Preconditions and Begin Direct Talks for Peace


(Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told visiting U.S. envoy George Mitchell on Wednesday: "It's time to put aside posturing. It's time to put aside preconditions. It's time to get on with direct talks - formal direct talks for peace....This is the only way that we'll solve the intricate problems that we're discussing...if we actually sit down, face one another in the same place and actually engage in serious deliberations for a solution....The best way that the Palestinian Authority can persuade the Israeli public that they're ready to live in peace with us is to talk peace with us - to talk directly."
2010-07-01 10:42:35
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