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Netanyahu: Talk of Peace Deal Premature Given Palestinian Inflexibility
(Jerusalem Post) Tovah Lazaroff -Speaking after his return from the U.S., Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Israel's Channel 2 TV that talk of a peace deal was premature, given that the Palestinians did not seem ready to make any concessions toward a final-status agreement. "First let's see if they are even willing to negotiate. From what I see, they are very far from this. They think they can continue with their acts of refusal - to go with demands to the United Nations and to distance themselves from the question of what their concessions are, how will they recognize a Jewish state," he said. Netanyahu added that while he wanted peace, it was not clear to him that the Palestinians did, given that they had not adjusted their positions as part of talks. "The question of whether there will be an agreement must first and foremost be posed to the Palestinians," he said. Moreover, the prime minister told Channel 10 that Jerusalem would remain united under Israeli sovereignty.