Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem May 31, 2016. REUTERS/Dan Balilty/Pool
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Benjamin Netanyahu has turned to a 14-year-old Arab peace plan in trying to project a softer image internationally for a new governing coalition in Israel widely seen as more hardline towards Palestinian statehood.
In what some political commentators and opposition politicians called spin but a spokesman for Netanyahu dubbed "an important development", the right-wing prime minister said on Monday the 2002 Saudi peace initiative had "positive elements", although some revisions would have to be made.
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