Ben-Eliezer: Talks with Palestinians to begin soon

Industry, Trade and Labor Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer said, 'Peace negotiations with the Palestinians will begin very soon."

Speaking before some 120 Labor Party activists in Haifa on Friday, the minister added, "We are at a critical point in the country. There is talk around the world of a bi-national state, and some are trying to sell the world on the notion that this is an apartheid state. This is a dangerous situation, which compels us to first of all to depart from the Palestinians. (Roni Sofer)