Rivlin to Valls: Direct talks are only option

23 May 2016, 1:59 pm

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President Reuven Rivlin echoes the message from Netanyahu in his meeting with Valls, telling the French PM that direct talks are the only viable option for reaching a peace deal with the Palestinians.

“In the Middle East, there are no shortcuts. Reaching an understanding and an agreement requires direct negotiations,” Rivlin says in their talks this morning at the president’s Jerusalem residence, according to a press release from Rivlin’s office.

“We are convinced… that the only way to bring an end to this tragedy of 150 years between us and our cousins the Palestinians is through direct negotiations,” he says.