Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu 'open' to meeting with Palestine's Mahmoud Abbas

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he would be “perfectly open” to meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in order to end weeks of Israeli-Palestinian unrest.

Mr Abbas has ignited an uproar in Israel after falsely claiming the country had “executed” a 13-year-old Palestinian boy who is recovering in an Israeli hospital, drawing accusations he is inciting violence.