Netanyahu to 'Post': I haven't set pre-conditions for talks

In an exclusive interview, PM says Palestinians have taken settlement issue and put it up as a pre-condition, obstructing a return to peace talks.

Jerusalem Post

October 12, 2011

Israel has refrained from setting pre-conditions for a return to direct negotiations with the Palestinians, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told The Jerusalem Post on Monday. He added in a interview with the Post ­ for the Jewish New Year just hours after returning from his five-day trip to the US, that issue of settlements would have to be discussed in direct negotiations, which he called on Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to resume.

"What the Palestinians have done is cherry-pick one of the final core issues and put [it] up front as a pre-condition. I could do the same. I could do it with rehabilitating a refugee camp, I could do it with demanding recognition of the Jewish state," said Netanyahu.
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