"Israel and the Palestinian Authority are committed to achieving peace and
the sides hope that the exchange of letters between President Abbas and
Prime Minister Netanyahu will further this goal".

Statement from PM's Media Adviser
(Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser)

Attorney Isaac Molho, the special envoy of Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu, met this evening (Saturday), 12.5.12, in Ramallah with Mahmoud
Abbas, the President of the Palestinian Authority, and delivered to him a
letter from the Prime Minister.

At the conclusion of the meeting the sides issued the following joint
statement:

"Israel and the Palestinian Authority are committed to achieving peace and
the sides hope that the exchange of letters between President Abbas and
Prime Minister Netanyahu will further this goal".