Israeli president tells Abbas not to quit

Israel’s president has called on Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas to rescind his decision to stand down, invoking the memory of Yitzhak Rabin at a public commemoration for the assassinated Israeli premier.

Shimon Peres spoke to a crowd of thousands at the square where Mr Rabin was gunned down by a Jewish extremist who opposed his peace policies on November 4, 1995.