By Micah Halpern
I've Been Thinking.
A delegation of Israeli mayors met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas yesterday.
The timing of the meeting is very important -- the Paris Conference, which is Europe's attempt to solve the peace issue between Israel and the Palestinians, begins today.
Israel has also empowered Egypt to create and initiate a peace conference.
The mayors were optimistic with the result of their meeting with Abbas as were the Palestinians.
The great surprise was that Abbas said that he would speak to Israel's new minister of defense, Avigdor Lieberman.
Abbas said that even though Lieberman referred to Palestinian leadership as "diplomatic terrorists" he also spoke positively about the Two State Solution. Abbas said that he was not dealing with Lieberman's past, just his present and his future.
Palestinian President Abbas is under huge amounts of pressure to meet with Israel. These comments are telling. They show an openness on Abbas' part and a willingness to sit down and negotiate with Israel.
Micah@MicahHalpern.com
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