"I've invited Israeli Prime Minister Netayahu and Palestinian Authority President Abbas to meet on September second in Washington,D.C., to relaunch direction negotiations to resolve all final status issues, which we believe can be completed within one year."

VOA: special.2010.08.21

A Palestinian authority spokesman, Abdullah Abdullah, said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu must commit to a full settlement freeze, not a partial one.

VOA: standard.2009.11.26

"Meeting together,the two leaders, the Palestinian Authority and Prime Minister Netanyahu, meeting together urgently,directly, without pre-conditions, I think is the best way to move forward."

VOA: standard.2010.07.28

That job seems easy compared with Fayyad's new post, Palestinian Authority prime minister.

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He said peace was necessary, just and possible, and that Mr Abbas and Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad were "true partners" for peace.

BBC: Obama urges Palestinians to drop settlement precondition

President Obama was in the West Bank for the first time since 2008 on the second day of his visit to the Middle East, where he held meetings in Ramallah with Palestinian Authority President Abbas and Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Fayyad, and attended a cultural event at Al-Bireh Youth Center.

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