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Source: http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1127666.html
Netanyahu Asked Obama to Help Restart Talks with PA
[Ha'aretz] Most of Prime Minister Netanyahu's White House meeting with President Obama on Monday centered on the Palestinian issue, according to people Netanyahu briefed after the meeting. Netanyahu asked Obama to convince PA leader Abbas to begin negotiations with him. "The absence of a political process would be deadly for the Palestinians and also for us because that would strengthen Hamas, which in turn would be a victory for Iran," Netanyahu warned. Netanyahu told Obama that any final-status deal with the Palestinians will have to include a solution to the danger posed by the introduction of advanced weaponry into the territories. "It can't be that Israel will be left with a piece of paper while arms smuggling goes on," he said. "We must create security arrangements that will prevent the introduction of weapons across the border." "We suffered rockets twice, from Lebanon and from Gaza, and we do not want to suffer them a third time, in much larger doses."