Member of Knesset Zoheir Bahloul (Zionist Union) joined Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Thursday evening, inviting Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas to speak to the Knesset.

Calling on Abbas to follow the step of assassinated Egyptian leader Anwar Sadat in coming to Jerusalem en route to a peace settlement, the journalist said, "The time has come to rise above the endless sea of verbiage that is poured during international conferences and take action."