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Palestinian leader reaches out to Israel centrists

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Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, left, and President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas meet during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in 2007. The Palestinian president will invite Israeli politicians to the West Bank to try to make sure peacemaking is on the new government's agenda, a senior official said Thursday.

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The Palestinian president wants to meet with newly elected Israeli parliament members to lay out his views on peace, hoping a political surge of centrists will provide an opening to resume long-stalled negotiations on a Palestinian state, a senior aide said Thursday.