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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The Palies will get a state when the Palies believe in a 2-state solution
“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?)
“The Palies will get a state when the Palies believe in a 2-state solution”
So then never?
yes basically
Give ‘em bikini atoll and be done with it.
Prior to a new test *chortle*
NOBAMA is a total idiot and commie...
VOTE HIM AND HIS STINKING CONGRESS OUT!
G-d will bless those who bless Israel, and he will curse those who curse Israel.
G=d bless Israel!
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