Just four days after ministers from the Meretz party visited Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, Labor Secretary-General Eran Hermony led several members of his party on a delegation to Ramallah Thursday.
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The delegation, which included central party figures from across the country, met with senior PA and Fatah party officials at the invitation of the Palestine Liberation Organization's Committee for Interaction With Israeli Society. The committee is headed by Mohammed al-Madani, who is also a member of the Fatah Central Committee.
Palestinian delegation members, among them Palestinian Social Affairs Minister Dr. Ahmed Majdalani and Abbas advisor Dr. Mahmoud al-Habbash, congratulated all Labor party members. They noted Labor had in the past worked with the Palestinian leadership toward a resolution to the conflict and that they continued to see the party and others as a partner for peace.
Hermoni said, "The objective of the delegation was to hold a dialogue between various office-holders on both sides, as well as to send a clear message in favor of peace and the two-state solution. The Labor party has a responsibility to fearlessly fly the diplomatic flag and emphatically make clear that it will not allow any action in the government that creates a one-state reality, which would be the destruction of the Zionist enterprise and the existence of a Jewish and democratic Israel. No one can ignore reality, and no speech will change that. We must remember that peace is an important value, and it must not become a four-letter word."
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