Barghuti says Palestinians ready for peace

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JERUSALEM (AFP) — Jailed senior Palestinian leader Marwan Barghuti said on Tuesday Palestinians were ready for peace with Israel in a letter congratulating the Israeli Peace Now movement on its 30th anniversary.

"The vast majority of the Palestinian people, myself included, are ready for a historic reconciliation based on international resolutions that will result in the establishment of two states," he said in a letter to the group.

"We are ready for reconciliation that will grant ours and your own children a life devoid of the threats of war and bloodshed... to this end, we must reach a comprehensive ceasefire as soon as possible," he wrote.

Peace Now on Tuesday celebrates 30 years of pressing for peace with the Palestinians and campaigning against Jewish...