Barack Obama meets with Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas Photo: BLOOMBERGFrom The Telegraph:
Barack Obama has reassured Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, of Washington's support for Palestinian statehood during his first visit to the White House.
Following their Oval Office talks, Mr Obama said he was "confident" of moving the Middle East peace process forward and said freezing the expansion of settlements was now a public priority for the US.
Mr Obama said that "time is of the essence" in securing Arab Israeli peace and that it is "in US interests to do so quickly".
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My Comment: Both sides (the Palestinians and Israelis) are diametrically opposed to each other, and while pledging support (from the U.S. President) for a Palestinian state is one thing .... outlining the steps that are necessary to get there is another. Unfortunately for the Palestinians, President Obama does not know what steps must be taken.
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