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2010-09-02 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

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Posted by Steve White 2010-09-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 On the eve of the first direct Israel-Palestinian talks for 20 months, Obama gathered regional power brokers for one-to-one sessions and a joint dinner at the White House, putting his personal credibility on the line.

More deficit spending I see.

Posted by Besoeker 2010-09-02 04:26|| 2010-09-02 04:26|| Front Page Top

#2 The talks with Mubarak (Israel also called him) yielded an op ed by the Egyptian Prez in the NYTimes.

This will make it a bit less easy for Abbas to leave the talks.

However, all this really misses the point that a large section of the PA population basically favors extermination of Israel and Jews.

Posted by lord garth 2010-09-02 09:42|| 2010-09-02 09:42|| Front Page Top

#3 Let me know if anything happens. Meanwhile, there are the U.S. elections in November 2010.

Posted by JohnQC 2010-09-02 10:11|| 2010-09-02 10:11|| Front Page Top

#4 An interesting op-ed, lord garth. I particularly liked this paragraph:

However, President Obamas determined involvement has revived our hopes for peace and we must seize this opportunity. The broad parameters of a permanent Palestinian-Israeli settlement are already clear: the creation of a Palestinian state in the territories occupied by Israel in 1967 with Jerusalem as a capital for both Israel and Palestine. Previous negotiations have already resolved many of the details on the final status of refugees, borders, Jerusalem and security.

Well, not liked, exactly. But it was interesting to see President Mubarak shape the argument by making the points yet to be resolved into basic assumptions. Egypt may be partnering with Israel against the branch of the Muslim Brotherhood that is Hamas, but clearly they are not willing to accept a Jewish state as a permanent reality, and continue to work against its long-term existence.

Posted by trailing wife 2010-09-02 12:18|| 2010-09-02 12:18|| Front Page Top

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