Amid Settlements Row, Bibi Says He Is Committed to Mideast Peace

By Barak Ravid (Haaretz) October 1, 2010

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday that he was committed to continuing direct negotiations with the Palestinians, amid speculations that the renewed peace process was in danger due to Israel’s reluctance to renew its construction freeze in West Bank settlement.

Netanyahu made his remarks before entering talks with special U.S. envoy George Mitchell, who met a day earlier in Ramallah with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

“We are making efforts together with Senator Mitchell to continue to hold the talks with President Abbas,” Netanyahu said. “We want the talks to continue and I want this. We have a mission of peace.”

A message from our Publisher & CEO Rachel Fishman Feddersen

I hope you appreciated this article. Before you go, I’d like to ask you to please support the Forward’s award-winning, nonprofit journalism during this critical time.

The coming year promises to be filled with more complex and historic developments. We are entering an era where independent, fact-based Jewish journalism will be more important than ever. We need to be ready for whatever 2025 will bring, and with your help, we can be.

We’ve set a goal to raise $260,000 by December 31. That’s an ambitious goal, but one that will give us the resources we need to invest in the high quality news, opinion, analysis and cultural coverage that isn’t available anywhere else.

If you feel inspired to make an impact, now is the time to give something back. Join us as a member at your most generous level.

— Rachel Fishman Feddersen, Publisher and CEO