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“Let’s take the Saudi initiative, and we will try to negotiate a plan to bring an end to the Israeli-Arab dispute … Inside this framework, it will be easier to deal with [the] Palestinians on bilateral negotiations, which have failed.”

“Israel does not need to accept the contents of the initiative in its entirety, and there are major issues which should be discussed in depth … However, the time has come for Israel to recognize the importance of this step, declare its readiness to begin a discussion on the initiative and take steps to leverage it for local and regional strategic advantages.” (Israeli Science and Technology Minister and Yesh Atid MK Yaakov Peri in an interview with the Washington Post, 10/08/2014)