RAMALLAH, May 12, 2012 (WAFA) – President Mahmoud Abbas Saturday received a delegation of the American Jewish lobby group, J Street, in the presidential headquarters in Ramallah.

He informed the delegation, headed by J Street Executive Director, Germy Ben-Ami, on the latest peace developments following Abbas’ letter to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Abbas said that the Palestinian side is committed to peace based on the two-state solution and the establishment of an independent Palestinian state within 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital.

He stressed that the Palestinian leadership will resume negotiations with Israel if it approves the principle of the two-state solution and halts all settlement activities in the Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem.

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