President Shimon Peres spoke at the 14th annual memorial ceremony for the assassination of former Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, and called on Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to continue efforts for peace, Ynet reported.
 
"We both signed the Oslo Accord, and I am turning to you now as a colleague: Don't give up!" Peres said. "I know you have worked for your people for 50 years, work that was accompanied by much disappointment and frustration. But I know my people, and I know the Israeli government, and I am telling you that Israel wants true peace."