Abbas will deal with Netanyahu

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said he would have to deal with Benjamin Netanyahu, who won reelection this month, even though he believed the Israeli leader was not interested in peace.

“I knew Netanyahu for a long time, since the 1990s ... He is a man who doesn’t believe in peace but I have no other choice but to deal with him,” Abbas told Palestine Television.

The Palestinian leader, whose authority has limited control in the West Bank, said there must be a peaceful resolution to the decades-long conflict.