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Likud Party Indifferent To Netanyahu's Peacemaking

Despite the coming resumption of negotiations, Likud Party leaders expect little from the renewed talks. 
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement to the media at the Knesset, Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem July 22, 2013. Netanyahu will seek formal cabinet backing for reviving U.S.-sponsored peace talks with the Palestinians, an Israeli official said, after pro-settler ministers threatened to try and thwart the initiative. REUTERS/Baz Ratner (JERUSALEM - Tags: POLITICS) - RTX11V51
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s announcement that the diplomatic process would resume was received in the Likud Party with suspicious indifference.

One would expect that the party, which had made a sharp turn to the right in the recent elections, would raise Cain at the thought of the prime minister entering a round of talks whose final target is partitioning the land.

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