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Source: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1081534.html
Israel: PA Recognition of Jewish State "Crucial" for Reconciliation
[Ha'aretz] Yoav Stern and Barak Ravid - The Foreign Ministry said Monday that Palestinian recognition of Israel as a Jewish state was "crucial" for reconciliation between the two sides after Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas dismissed Israeli calls to do so. "Recognition of Israel as the sovereign state of the Jewish people is an essential and necessary step in the historic reconciliation process between Israel and the Palestinians," the ministry said in a statement. "The sooner the Palestinians internalize this basic and essential fact, peace between the two peoples will progress and come to fruition."