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Click here to visit the new home of Politics Daily!Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton had a packed schedule Tuesday as she lay the groundwork for peace talks between the Israelis and Palestinians, set to begin at a White House dinner Wednesday night. First she met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, then with Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh, followed by Egyptian foreign minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit. Later she saw former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, and finally, as everyone was anxious to wrap up for dinner, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. But not half-way through her schedule, news came in that four ...
After a whirlwind week for the Israeli prime minister in America, using news headlines as your only guideline you would be forgiven for assuming direct talks between the Israelis and Palestinians were not only imminent, but planned; not only possible, but a forgone conclusion; not only productive, but also creative. Which begs the questions: Are the parties willing to make the concessions necessary to advance talks, once they take place? Are direct talks the right route now? And, which parties exactly are taking part in the talks? Observers are skeptical of all the optimism, to say the ...
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