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English: Mahmoud Abbas (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Cynics don’t believe him, but this is what Mahmoud Abbas said yesterday according to Haaretz:

“The Arab and Islamic world would be happy to recognize Israel if it withdraws from occupied land, and if a Palestinian state, with its capital East Jerusalem, is established,” he said, adding that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in “very serious” in his attempts to renew peace negotiations.

Read more here: http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/erekat-palestinians-will-not-allow-kerry-s-peace-talks-efforts-to-fail.premium-1.527814?localLinksEnabled=false