The President met with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas at the White House Thursday, and expressed confidence that the peace process could be moved forward.
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Obama pushes Israeli-Palestinian peace process
Obama to Netanyahu: talks with Iran won’t last forever
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The leaders of Israel and the U.S. met in the Oval Office Monday to talk about the threat of Iran and the Israeli-Palestinian question. President Obama told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he’s looking for diplomatic progress with Iran by the end of the year, and that the military option is [...]
The world still waits for Obama’s new Middle East policy
Part of the reason President Obama was elected was that the American public stopped supporting the Bush administration’s foreign policy several years ago. People voted against Bush as much as they voted for Obama.
His conciliatory tone and stated willingness to start a dialogue with “rogue” nations like Iran has raised expectations around the world [...]
Iran incites Israel at U.N. racism talks
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad condemned Israel as a “racist” state at the U.N. racism conference, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. 23 European leaders then walked in protest.
While the West and Iran have been approaching diplomatic talks, Iran and Israel are ratcheting up threats towards each other.
The U.S., Canada, Israel, Germany, Italy, Poland, [...]
Israel denies plan to ’strike’ Iran
In a meeting with U.S. mideast envoy George Mitchell, Israeli President Shimon Peres called plans to strike Iran “nonsense,” the Jerusalem Post reports.
Peres was quoted Sunday saying, “we’ll strike him,” if Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad refused to back down from his nuclear ambitions.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates said that an Israeli strike on Iran [...]
Obama’s change in foreign policy begs many questions
The new administration’s actions in these early months will reset the tone for international relations. While the economic crisis is the first order of business for Obama, the world is waiting to see what kind of diplomatic relationships his administration will forge.
Many questions begged to be answered.
Obama wants to end the war in Iraq, but [...]