Netanyahu to US Jews: Direct talks with PA soon

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday he thinks direct talks with the Palestinians will begin very soon and he predicted they will be “very, very tough.” Before flying to Washington for a meeting with President Barack Obama, Netanyahu told his Cabinet on Sunday that the “time has come” for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to get ready to meet directly with the Israelis “because there is no other way to advance peace.”

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