国际英语新闻：Israel must take urgent steps to solve conflict, Abbas says

"We will exert every effort to reach an agreement for Palestinian-Israeli peace within one year, in accordance with resolutions of international legitimacy, the Arab Peace Initiative, the Roadmap and the vision of the two-State solution," Abbas said.

He urged the international community to draw lessons from the failures of past attempts to resolve the Middle East conflict, and said the peace process would only be credible when Israel took key steps, such as stopping all settlement activities and dismantling the barrier.

"Our demands for the cessation of settlement activities, the lifting of the siege and an end to all other Israeli policies and practices do not constitute arbitrary pre-conditions in the peace process, but are consistent with the implementation of obligations and previous commitments, compliance with which has been repeatedly reaffirmed in all resolutions adopted since the very start of the political process," he added.