(Jerusalem Post) In a Jewish New Year message to the nation in Hebrew, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the recent relaunch of direct talks with the Palestinians an "important step in an attempt to move forward on a framework peace agreement....I say this is an attempt, because there is no guarantee of success. There are many hurdles and many skeptics, and many reasons for skepticism. But there is a need to try to reach peace, and we are trying, sincerely but without naivete." Netanyahu repeated that any agreement would be based on two pillars: security arrangements implemented on the ground, not just on paper, and Palestinian recognition of Israel as the national home of the Jewish people. "We have been asked to recognize a Palestinian state, and it is only right and natural that we ask the other side to recognize the Jewish state, the state of the Jewish people," he said.
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