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Stance

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McConnell:
Dems Proceed
at 2010 Peril

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HE'S GOT A BOOK OUT, TOO

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Obama to Israeli, Palestinian Leaders: Get to Work

President meets with Netanyahu, Abbas, calls for progress on negotiations

By Nick McMaster| Posted Sep 22, 09 2:17 PM CDT|

(Newser) – President Obama urged Israeli and Palestinian leaders to restart peace talks, saying it was “time to move forward” on finding compromises to the contentious final status issues, the New York Times reports. Obama delivered his comments today after separate one-on-one meetings with Benjamin Netanyahu and Mahmoud Abbas and just before a meeting with both leaders together.

“My message to these two is clear,” Obama said, standing next to the Israeli prime minister and Palestinian president. “Despite all the obstacles, all the history, all the mistrust, we have to find a way forward.” The Obama administration had hoped to use today to announce the relaunch of peace talks, but envoy George Mitchell’s failure to negotiate concessions from either side over the previous week made that impossible.

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President Obama watches as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas shake hands in New York Tuesday. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

President Obama watches as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas shake hands Tuesday. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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It is past time to stop talking about starting negotiations, and time to move forward. Permanent status negotiations must begin, and begin soon.
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dontlikeyou
Sep 22, 09 2:19 PM CDT

Obama has no credibility on the world stage. He can't even get his own people together. None-the-less, his presidency is shaping up to mirror Jimmy Carter's. Jimmy Carter was a buffoon and presided over the worst economy in 20 years..... yet he was able to get Israel and Egypt to sign a peace deal.... and then he lost his bid for re-election.... Just like Obama will lose his bid. Reply

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BeatBlaster
Sep 22, 09 2:21 PM CDT

Go away troll.

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dontlikeyou
Sep 22, 09 2:24 PM CDT

You first lib.

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BeatBlaster
Sep 22, 09 2:33 PM CDT

Nah - after you.

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polstroad
Sep 22, 09 2:27 PM CDT

What I dislike about conservative (see aboive): never ever offer any ideas or a program but instead sit back and chew on their lips, sputter venom, and make snarky remarks... What would YOU do to bring peace to that region? What did Bush and the GOP do in 8 years? Reply

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godawgs
Sep 22, 09 2:36 PM CDT

what I don't like about lib's (see above): how this same line of the right never offering any ideas and that same meme over and over. It doesn't matter what the topic is, a majority of the left has fallen in line with their talking heads and adopted this party of no line. Over and over, Bush made too many concessions to Israel in the last 8 years but he did have the leaders here talking the same as President Obama. In all reality there is not a whole lot that can be done for peace in the region when most of the region doesn't want to recognize one of the countries as a country. The administration is trying to get the two sides together the same the last administration did.

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Nwambe
Sep 22, 09 4:37 PM CDT

You poor, misinformed zealot. The concessions that Bush made weren't made of his own accord - Israel was TAKING land, from the Golan Heights out, and he couldn't risk doing anything military because he had committed forces to a stupid, unwinnable war in Iraq, so he kept allowing them to expand. Until Israel got its ass on a platter from Hizb'ullah, and in revenge turned its guns on Gaza. The Democrats are coming into a worse situation than when Clinton was President, perhaps they'll just manage not to fuck it up quite as spectacularly as Dubya.

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godawgs
Sep 22, 09 5:30 PM CDT

@nwambe if you think that bush was going to do something military to Israel then you are mistaken. he was talking to them the same as the President is talking to them. W made just as much progress as it looks Obama is going to much, which is not much or a very temporary cease fire.

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freethemall
Sep 22, 09 11:26 PM CDT

Hear hear!

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PosterNutbag
Sep 22, 09 3:30 PM CDT

How many years of getting the two sides together for "peace talks" does it take to accomplish something? Why don't they get together an read the summery of the UN's recent investigation into war crimes committed in Gaza last december. As the Peter Tosh song says "everyone is crying out for peace, none of them are crying out for justice. I don't want peace, I want equal rights and justice." Reply

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Fondue
Sep 22, 09 4:49 PM CDT

For the amount of money we send them, they should be doing back flips to get things done. Reply

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Obama to Israeli, Palestinian Leaders: Get to Work