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Monday, November 2, 2015
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Monday, November 2, 2015
Peres says Netanyahu was never sincere about peace
Former president Shimon Peres slams Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who recently said Israel has to accept that peace is unlikely and continue to live “by the sword.”
Those comments clearly rankle Peres, who has previously negotiated on Netanyahu’s behalf with the Palestinians and still considers PA President Mahmoud Abbas to be Israel’s best potential partner for peace.
“The alternative to two states is a continued war and nobody can maintain a war forever. If you say we should live on our sword don’t forget that there are other swords as well,” he tells the Associated Press in an interview.
Peres says that Netanyahu’s peace overtures have never “escaped the domain of talking.”
— AP
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