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Parrying Palestinian Statehood Bid, Netanyahu Invites Abbas to Talk
(Washington Post) Joel Greenberg - Preparing to travel to New York to respond to a Palestinian bid for statehood recognition at the UN, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday to meet there and begin negotiations. "I call on the chairman of the Palestinian Authority to begin direct negotiations in New York that will continue in Jerusalem and Ramallah," Netanyahu said. "I propose to President Abbas to start peace negotiations instead of wasting time on futile unilateral steps." "The way to achieve peace is through direct negotiations, and not by declarations at the UN."