REUTERS - Palestinian
President Mahmoud Abbas responded to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's
Middle East speech in Washington on Wednesday by saying he was convinced
peace
with Israel was achievable, but continuing to demand that Israel halt
settlement building before talks restarted.
Palestinian chief
negotiator Saeb Erekat read out a statement saying Abbas had "reiterated
his full commitment to a just peace as a strategic option". U.S.-backed
peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians broke down in 2014.
He said it was
Abbas's position that "the minute the Israeli government agrees to cease
all settlement activities, including in East Jerusalem, and agrees to implement
... agreements signed, the Palestinian leadership stands ready to resume
permanent status negotiations on the basis of international law".
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