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| Obama invites Mideast leaders to White House |
| 2009-04-23 |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] American President Barack Obama dived Tuesday into Middle East peacemaking as he invited the Israeli, Palestinian and Egyptian leaders to the White House in the coming weeks for separate talks on moving forward with the Middle East peace process, the White House said Tuesday. Obama called for "good faith" gestures from all sides, including Israel. Spokesman Robert Gibbs said the president, who received Jordan's King Abdullah II earlier in the Oval Office, invited Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas and Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak to the White House. Gibbs told reporters the visits were expected in the coming weeks. Obama signaled deeper involvement in the peace process weeks after Netanyahu took the helm of an Israeli government that resists the two-state solution endorsed by the new U.S. administration. |
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