Abbas: Israeli people want peace, government doesn’t
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, in his first interview since arriving in New York for the 66th UN General Assembly, said Thursday that that he has no knowledge of a new Israeli proposal meant to propel the stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
"I am convinced that the majority of Israeli people want peace, but the Israeli leadership has done nothing to achieve it so far. On the contrary – it has deliberately thwarted all of the international, Arab and Palestinian efforts," he said. (Elior Levy)
