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Obama "Nudges" Israel on Creating a Pali State (Nothing to the Palis About Halting Terror Attacks)
al-Reuters ^

Posted on 04/21/2009 6:32:34 PM PDT by Liam2007

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama nudged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday to accept the goal of a Palestinian state, as he pressed Israel and the Palestinians to "step back from the abyss."

Deepening his direct role in reviving stalled peace efforts, Obama met Jordan's King Abdullah and invited Netanyahu, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak for separate talks by early June.

He seized the chance to reassure Abdullah of his commitment to a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict despite reluctance by Netanyahu's new right-leaning government to support eventual Palestinian statehood.

Obama reasserted his pledge to "deeply engage" in Arab-Israeli peace diplomacy -- in contrast to a more hands-off approach by his predecessor George W. Bush -- and predicted good-faith gestures from both sides in coming months.

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KEYWORDS: israel; obama

1 posted on 04/21/2009 6:32:34 PM PDT by Liam2007
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To: Liam2007

The Palies will get a state when the Palies believe in a 2-state solution


2 posted on 04/21/2009 6:42:14 PM PDT by GeronL (TYRANNY SENTINEL. http://tyrannysentinel.blogspot.com)
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To: Liam2007

“Before talks with Netanyahu, Obama to meet Jordan king”

By Akiva Eldar, Haaretz Correspondent

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1077894.html

(To meet in May?)


3 posted on 04/21/2009 6:55:18 PM PDT by combat_boots (God, guns and babies--Veterans, Constitution and legal immigration. The true Americans.)
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Check that: Netanyahu has cancelled AIPAC attendance:

http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025763.php


4 posted on 04/21/2009 6:56:58 PM PDT by combat_boots (God, guns and babies--Veterans, Constitution and legal immigration. The true Americans.)
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To: GeronL

“The Palies will get a state when the Palies believe in a 2-state solution”

So then never?


5 posted on 04/21/2009 6:59:53 PM PDT by Liam2007
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To: Liam2007

yes basically


6 posted on 04/21/2009 7:02:30 PM PDT by GeronL (TYRANNY SENTINEL. http://tyrannysentinel.blogspot.com)
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To: Liam2007

Give ‘em bikini atoll and be done with it.


7 posted on 04/21/2009 7:32:11 PM PDT by Michael Barnes
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To: Michael Barnes

Prior to a new test *chortle*


8 posted on 04/21/2009 7:32:50 PM PDT by Michael Barnes
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To: Liam2007; sauropod
I'm sure Netanyahu will go for it..NOT...

NOBAMA is a total idiot and commie...

VOTE HIM AND HIS STINKING CONGRESS OUT!


9 posted on 04/21/2009 8:08:55 PM PDT by KLT (A damn Yankee, from the great state of Mississippi....Go Freepers GO!)
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To: KLT

G-d will bless those who bless Israel, and he will curse those who curse Israel.
G=d bless Israel!


10 posted on 04/22/2009 11:54:54 PM PDT by tessalu
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