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Netanyahu: Israel Is Ready for Peace, the Palestinians Are Not
(Jerusalem Post) Herb Keinon - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the Jerusalem Post Diplomatic Conference on Wednesday that in his meetings with world leaders, they always ask what they can do on the Palestinian issue. "I say invite me and Abu Mazen [PA President Mahmoud Abbas] to a meeting right now, in your capital. I am willing to come." Netanyahu said those he meets generally get "very excited," but quickly become disappointed when the message comes back from Ramallah that the time is not right, and that there are Palestinian preconditions. "Everybody gets the message: Israel is ready for peace, Israel is not the obstacle for peace, Israel wants to move ahead with peace. And who gets that message best? The Arab states." In the Arab world "you see sparks of change, people saying maybe we have to reevaluate our attitude toward the Jewish people and the Jewish state."