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| U.S. plans new push on Arab-Israeli peace | |
| 2011-04-14 | |
President Barack Obama will lay out U.S. policy toward the Middle East and North Africa in the coming weeks, Clinton told Arab and U.S. policy makers in a speech that placed particular emphasis on Israeli-Palestinian peace. Obama's launch of direct Israeli-Palestinian peace talks last year went nowhere and he is under pressure to make a new initiative or face the prospect of the Palestinians seeking the U.N. General Assembly's blessing for a Palestinian state. "The president will be speaking in greater detail about America's policy in the Middle East and North Africa in the coming weeks," Clinton said at the U.S.-Islamic World Forum, a gathering sponsored by Qatar and the Brookings Institution, a Washington think tank. "America's core interests and values have not changed, including our commitment to promote human rights, resolve long-standing conflicts, counter Iran's threats and defeat al Qaeda and its extremist allies," she added. "This includes renewed pursuit of comprehensive Arab-Israeli peace." Clinton spoke against the backdrop of the popular revolts that have toppled long-time authoritarian leaders in Tunisia and Egypt this year and spurred public protests in much of the Arab world, including Libya, Bahrain, Syria and Yemen. "The status quo between Palestinians and Israelis is no more sustainable than the political systems that have crumbled in recent months," she said, saying the only way to meet both people's aspirations was through a two-state solution. "And while it is a truism that only the parties themselves can make the hard choices for peace, there is no substitute for continued, active American leadership -- and the president and I are committed to that," she added. While Obama came into office saying that settling the six-decade Arab Israeli conflict would be a priority, he has little to show for his effort. Peace talks aimed at ending the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians broke down last year after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu refused to extend a partial freeze on Jewish settlement building in the occupied West Bank. The core issues in the conflict include borders, security, the future of Jerusalem and Jewish settlements in territory Israel occupied in the 1967 Middle East War, and the fate of Palestinian refugees. | |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #9 Well here's another colossal waste of time. I guess they suppose that since Arafat is dead (he is dead isn't he, it's not a rumor?) maybe Hillary can get the Oslo accord to stick. BTW, the islamist don't like negotiating with women.... |
| Posted by: Bill Clinton 2011-04-14 20:50 |
| #8 #5 It must be time for Shillary to get her Nobel Prize. She could place it next to all the other SOS who have won them for "bringing peace to the middle east." Posted by Cyber Sarge The nuus had Biden sleeping in a session of Congress. More proof (not that it is needed) that he is kapoot, and the Vice Presidential looking Hildebeast is inbound. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2011-04-14 15:16 |
| #7 " Can't they just pretend that Netanyahu is Syrian?" I don't see why not, Thing. They pretend they know what they're doing. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2011-04-14 15:06 |
| #6 Can't they just pretend that Netanyahu is Syrian? |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2011-04-14 14:54 |
| #5 It must be time for Shillary to get her Nobel Prize. She could place it next to all the other SOS who have won them for “bringing peace to the middle east.” |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2011-04-14 14:14 |
| #4 Ladies and gentlemen, I give you proof the dhimocrats are insane. The Republicans have interfered in the peace processor, too, DarthVader. Americans aren't good at sitting back and doing nothing, even when being helpful... isn't. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2011-04-14 13:46 |
| #3 No insanity here Darth. Just continuing effort by "progressive humanity" of destroying a state that that hate but is too well armed to attack directly. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2011-04-14 12:05 |
| #2 The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you proof the dhimocrats are insane. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2011-04-14 11:29 |
| #1 Two problems - 1) One side in not interested in peace. 2) Barry thinks it's the other one. |
| Posted by: Slats Chomomble5328 2011-04-14 03:57 |