Hoping to capitalize on the unexpected strength of moderates in Israel’s incoming parliament, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas wants to sit down with representatives of Israeli parliamentary factions within the next two weeks to discuss the possibility of settling the Israeli-Palestinian conflict peacefully, Yasser Abed Rabbo, secretary general of the Council of the Palestine Liberation Organization, said Thursday. “We invite the Israeli parties, particularly the new ones, for dialogue on future accords,” Abed Rabbo said. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4336750,00.html