❗️Palestine's Abbas hopes new Israeli government will pave way for renewed dialogue Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Thursday he hoped the formation of a new Israeli government would pave the way for renewed negotiations. “For many years now, we have been extending a hand to the Israeli side in order to achieve peace with them, so that Israel and Palestine may live in security, stability and peace,” Abbas said during a meeting with Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides in Nicosia. “We hope that, immediately after a new Israeli government is formed, we will be able to engage in dialogue together,” he added.