Washington – The United States plans a new push to promote comprehensive Arab-Israeli peace, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Tuesday, suggesting a stronger U.S. hand in trying to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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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.”
“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.
Its never worked before, why do they think it’ll work now. If they stop fussing around the Palestinians so much, the Palies will realize that there’s no alternative to negotiations, period.
Didn’t I see a picture of prez Clinton making Rabin & Arabfat ימ״ש shake hands? What happened to that ‘piece’ deal?
Laughable.
A Mentch Tracht, Un Der Aibishter Lacht!!!!
It’s a mazel that Hashem is running this world, and not the un anti-Jews, eu nazis, arab beasts, nor the triple B’s artists (bibi, barak 1 & barak 2).
obama has nothing else to do? like solving America going bankrupt? because he is the cause of bankruptcy!