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Saudi Arabia rejects U.S. call to improve ties with Israel

By News Agencies Saudi Arabia on Friday accused Israel of not being serious about peace with the Palestinians and rejected U.S. pleas to improve ties with Israel as a way of jump-starting regional peace talks. Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal said the "incremental" approach used by the United States to get talks rolling would not work and core issues must be tackled. Hamas leader: We will accept a Palestinian state within 1967 lines By Natasha Mozgovaya, Haaretz Correspondent, and Haaretz Service Hamas leader-in-exile Khaled Meshal says the Islamic militant group is ready to accept a Palestinian state based on the 1967 lines, according to an interview with the Wall Street Journal published on Friday.