Israeli President Shimon Peres reiterated on Sunday Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas’s announcement that a so-called peace between the Zionist entity and the Palestinians was "still possible".

Israeli President Shimon Peres reiterated on Sunday Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's announcement that a so-called peace between the Zionist entity and the Palestinians was "still possible".
In a speech to the World Economic Forum in the town of Al-Shunah on the banks of the Dead Sea in Jordan, Abbas hailed US Secretary of State John Kerry's “efforts” to revive stalled talks and called on the Zionist entity to "end the occupation of our lands", evacuate settlements and free Palestinian prisoners.  "This is what will make peace and ensure security for you and for us," he said.

"Recently, we have seen concrete actions and tangible attempts to restart the peace process through the efforts of US secretary Kerry, and that brings us hope," he said.
  
Kerry on Friday urged Israeli and Palestinian leaders to take "hard decisions" to restart talks at the end of his fourth visit to the region since he took office in February. "It is clear that in the long run the status quo is not sustainable," Kerry said at a Tel Aviv news conference, noting that the "one way" to ‘peace’ was through direct talks.
  
A Palestinian official in Ramallah told AFP on Tuesday that Abbas would meet Jordan's King Abdullah II, Kerry and a number of European foreign ministers on the sidelines of the forum.

Israeli President Shimon Peres said on Sunday that time should not be wasted in the search for “peace” between the Zionist entity and the Palestinians, calling it "a real possibility".
  
"Two points are urgent: we shouldn't lose the opportunity because it will he replaced by great disappointment," Peres told reporters on the sidelines of the forum. "We have to come over skepticism and doubts. Second, I feel it is a real possibility," he said, speaking in English. He said the two sides already have a "functioning" solution.
  
"As far as the Palestinians are concerned we have a functioning beginning and an agreed solution. The solution is the two-state solution -- living in peace and dignity," Peres said. "I am aware of the missing links residing between the two ends. From my experience I believe it is possible to overcome them, it doesn't require too much time. It is the real interest of all parties concerned." Peres said time should not be wasted.
  
"This is an important opportunity to reiterate our will, not to waste time and to return to negotiations and complete the peace process with the Palestinians based on two states for two peoples -- an Israeli state and a Palestinian state living as good neighbours and cooperating economically for the good of future generations," he said.