Israeli President Shimon Peres hosted Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas for talks in his official residence on Tuesday (July 22), and said the unprecedented visit will help dispel doubts about Israel's desire for peace. Although the two men have met before, no Palestinian president has ever been inside Beit Hanasi, or President's House, in Jerusalem, where Israel's head of state routinely welcomes foreign dignitaries. Peres said the talks were aimed at reassuring Abbas that Israel remained committed to U.S.-brokered peace talks despite a political crisis revolving around corruption allegations against Prime Minister Ehud Olmert that could lead to an early election. "Both sides still need to make complex concessions, but both sides understand that there is no alternative to peace. governments come and go, in the past 15 years six governments have changed in Israel, but the will for peace still remains, " Peres said during a news conference. Following Peres'...