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Netanyahu: Deal requires new approach; 2 killed in Gaza
Meanwhile, Israeli aircraft bombed three Gaza tunnels, killing two Palestinians and wounding a third, Hamas security officials said on Sunday.
Two more Palestinians were missing following the late on Saturday air strikes, which the Israeli military said was retaliation for Hamas shooting attacks.
The officials identified all five men as smugglers working in one of the many tunnels used to ferry goods under the Gaza-Egypt border. They spoke on condition of anonymity because authorities had not officially released the information. The Israeli military said aircraft attacked two smuggling tunnels and a third that was intended to allow militants to infiltrate into Israel. The military said the strikes were retaliation for attacks against Israelis over the last week.
Peace talks: Glimmer of hope
The US-brokered direct talks, relaunched on Thursday amid public skepticism in Israel and the Palestinian territories, face an early hurdle when a partial Israeli moratorium on housing starts in West Bank settlements expires on Sept. 26.
Netanyahu has given no sign he will extend the freeze, and Abbas has threatened to quit the negotiations if construction resumes. Palestinians see settlements on land Israel occupied in a 1967 war as obstacles to the state they seek.
For the talks to succeed, “we will have to learn the lessons of 17 years of experience from negotiations and to think creatively -- what’s called ‘outside the box’“, Netanyahu told reporters at the cabinet session, referring to a peace process that began with the Oslo interim accords in 1993. “In order to achieve practical solutions, we’ll have to think of new solutions to old problems. I believe this is possible.”
Netanyahu’s public pledge in Washington to pursue “historic compromise” has raised speculation in Israel the right-wing leader could show more flexibility than in the past in land-for-peace issues at the core of a decades-old conflict. They include the future of settlements, Jerusalem and Palestinian refugees, security arrangements and delineating borders. Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat, who attended the talks in the US capital, said there was still time to resolve the settlement freeze issue.
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