Washington – The White House on Wednesday renewed its call for a resumption of long-stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations in the wake of Israeli elections in which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu emerged the winner but with a weaker-than-expected showing for his right-wing bloc.
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White House spokesman Jay Carney declined to speculate on Netanyahu’s efforts to forge a new governing coalition after center-left parties scored surprising gains but said President Barack Obama would likely call the prime minister to congratulate him on his election win.
“We believe that what needs to take place is direct negotiations between the two parties (Israelis and Palestinians) that addresses the final-status issues and results in a two-state solution,” Carney told reporters when asked about the possible consequences of the election for moribund peace efforts.
Obama in his first term failed to make progress in Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking but his administration has signaled that it may make another peace push in his second term, which started with his inauguration earlier this week.
It didn’t work for any president before him. Why does he think he is different. How could u make peace with people who consider suicide bombers as normal activity. 75,000 people killed hundreds of thousands wounded by assad. Not one word from the u.n. or u.s. or the world
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Albert Einstein
Always Israel is the problem. obama does not want to change his liberal anti-Israel ways. The plo or hamas or hizbullah have only one agenda and that is to kill all the Jews. Hitler’s sons are still alive
Under what Palestinian-drawn set of preconditions?
Did we suggest that Algeria (or Mali) negotiate with Al Quaeda? Have we forgotten that Chamberlain negotiated with Nazi Germany?
The ironic point here is that Netanyahu is calling the Palestinians to the debate table and THEY refuse. And now Obama & Co are blaming Israel for that? How about placing the debt where it is due?
With the arrogance, and lack of humility from this self proclaimed messiah.
He is like an emperor who struts about with a magnificent crown upon his head, while he yet remains barefoot.