Palestinian president says he hopes for peace talks with new Israeli government

Palestinian president says he hopes for peace talks with new Israeli government Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said he hoped the election of a new Israeli government would allow for the resumption of peace talks. "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…