Labor Party Leader Promises Abbas to Back Any Agreement
Israel’s new opposition leader says he told Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas that a clear majority in Israel supports a peace deal with the Palestinians and that his Labor Party will back any future agreement.
Yitzchak Herzog was elected Labor leader on Nov. 21, replacing a party chief who had made domestic issues such as economic inequality a chief concern. Herzog’s meeting with Abbas on Sunday signaled a shift back to Labor’s traditional priorities. In the 1990s, Labor led Israel into ultimately unsuccessful negotiations on the terms of a Palestinian state.
Herzog says Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu should meet to advance negotiations.
Netanyahu has repeatedly offered to meet Abbas but the latter has failed to respond.
This article appeared in print on page 7 of edition of Hamodia.
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