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PM calls on Abbas not to give up on peace talks

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu called on his partner in peace negotiations Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas not to give up on a peaceful resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Netanyahu's comments came at a meeting he held with Democratic members of the US congress at his office in Jerusalem on Monday.
The prime minister added that the two sides agreed on many subjects during preliminary talks and that the only way to arrive at an agreement on those subjects is through a year-long round of direct, consecutive and uninterrupted negotiations.