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47 Barack Obama: Israeli settlement activity not constructive to peace
US president criticises Israel but urges Palestinians to drop demand for settlement freeze before peace talks can resume
1392 نیدرورف2 جمعه- 1231 شماره/ سال متسیب The Gaurdian UK But the president stopped short Abbas, was met by mostly stern-faced prospect of a broader peace between
of calling for a halt to settlement Palestinian officials along a red carpet Israel and other Arab nations if a
In touch with Iranian diversity Barack Obama has voiced opposition to expansion – a demand he had made – a stark contrast to the broad grins Palestinian state was created.
Israeli settlement-building but pressed early in his first term. He used the press and backslapping during an elaborate "If peace came between us and the
the Palestinian president, Mahmoud conference with Abbas to signal his welcoming ceremony on Wednesday at Israelis, Israel knows well that all
Abbas, to drop his demand for a freeze frustration over the failure of Israel and Tel Aviv airport, Israel. the Arab and Islamic countries, 57
before Middle East peace talks can the Palestinians to find a way to resume Obama, embarking on a second and states, will recognise the state of Israel
resume. talks stalled since 2010. final four-year term in the White House, immediately," he said.
After an effusive welcome in Israel, However, he offered no new ideas on has made clear he is not bringing any As a reminder of the ever-present risks
Obama travelled to the West Bank how to get the two sides negotiating new peace initiatives but instead has in the region, Iranian state television
on Thursday, where disillusioned again, at a time when prospects for come to Israel and the Palestinian quoted the country's supreme leader,
Palestinians held out little hope that a peace deal are grim in a region territories on a "listening" tour. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as saying
their moment in the spotlight of a US roiled by the west's nuclear standoff But he said his new secretary of state, Tehran would raze Tel Aviv and the
presidential visit would help revive the with Iran and the bloody civil war in John Kerry, would spend a significant city of Haifa if Israel carried out veiled
peace process. Syria. amount of time and energy trying to threats to attack Iran.
At a news conference with Abbas, "What I shared with President Abbas, narrow differences between the two Meanwhile, Palestinians in the Gaza
Obama said he had "been clear" with and I'll share it with the Palestinian sides as the US sought to move them Strip fired two rockets into Sderot, a
the Israeli prime minister, Binyamin people: if the expectation is we can back to the negotiating table. southern Israeli town Obama visited
Netanyahu, that Washington did not only have direct negotiations when Abbas reaffirmed his demand for a when running for president in 2008.
consider continued settlement activity everything is settled ahead of time, then settlement freeze, but held out the Police said no one was hurt.
to be constructive to "the cause of there's no point in the negotiations," he
peace". said.
In a later speech in Jerusalem the "My argument is even though both sides
US president re-iterated the line, may have areas of strong disagreement,
telling an audience of students that may be engaging in activities that the
continued settlement activity was other side thinks is a breach of good
"counterproductive" to peace. faith, we have to push through those
"Israelis must recognise that continued things to try to get an agreement."
settlement activity is counterproductive Some 150 Palestinian demonstrators
to the cause of peace, and that an gathered in Ramallah to protest against
independent Palestine must be viable, Obama's visit. Mass ranks of police
that real borders will have to be drawn," prevented them from nearing Abbas's
Obama said in a nationally televised compound.
speech. A smiling Obama, accompanied by
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47 Barack Obama: Israeli settlement activity not constructive to peace
US president criticises Israel but urges Palestinians to drop demand for settlement freeze before peace talks can resume
1392 نیدرورف2 جمعه- 1231 شماره/ سال متسیب The Gaurdian UK But the president stopped short Abbas, was met by mostly stern-faced prospect of a broader peace between
of calling for a halt to settlement Palestinian officials along a red carpet Israel and other Arab nations if a
In touch with Iranian diversity Barack Obama has voiced opposition to expansion – a demand he had made – a stark contrast to the broad grins Palestinian state was created.
Israeli settlement-building but pressed early in his first term. He used the press and backslapping during an elaborate "If peace came between us and the
the Palestinian president, Mahmoud conference with Abbas to signal his welcoming ceremony on Wednesday at Israelis, Israel knows well that all
Abbas, to drop his demand for a freeze frustration over the failure of Israel and Tel Aviv airport, Israel. the Arab and Islamic countries, 57
before Middle East peace talks can the Palestinians to find a way to resume Obama, embarking on a second and states, will recognise the state of Israel
resume. talks stalled since 2010. final four-year term in the White House, immediately," he said.
After an effusive welcome in Israel, However, he offered no new ideas on has made clear he is not bringing any As a reminder of the ever-present risks
Obama travelled to the West Bank how to get the two sides negotiating new peace initiatives but instead has in the region, Iranian state television
on Thursday, where disillusioned again, at a time when prospects for come to Israel and the Palestinian quoted the country's supreme leader,
Palestinians held out little hope that a peace deal are grim in a region territories on a "listening" tour. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as saying
their moment in the spotlight of a US roiled by the west's nuclear standoff But he said his new secretary of state, Tehran would raze Tel Aviv and the
presidential visit would help revive the with Iran and the bloody civil war in John Kerry, would spend a significant city of Haifa if Israel carried out veiled
peace process. Syria. amount of time and energy trying to threats to attack Iran.
At a news conference with Abbas, "What I shared with President Abbas, narrow differences between the two Meanwhile, Palestinians in the Gaza
Obama said he had "been clear" with and I'll share it with the Palestinian sides as the US sought to move them Strip fired two rockets into Sderot, a
the Israeli prime minister, Binyamin people: if the expectation is we can back to the negotiating table. southern Israeli town Obama visited
Netanyahu, that Washington did not only have direct negotiations when Abbas reaffirmed his demand for a when running for president in 2008.
consider continued settlement activity everything is settled ahead of time, then settlement freeze, but held out the Police said no one was hurt.
to be constructive to "the cause of there's no point in the negotiations," he
peace". said.
In a later speech in Jerusalem the "My argument is even though both sides
US president re-iterated the line, may have areas of strong disagreement,
telling an audience of students that may be engaging in activities that the
continued settlement activity was other side thinks is a breach of good
"counterproductive" to peace. faith, we have to push through those
"Israelis must recognise that continued things to try to get an agreement."
settlement activity is counterproductive Some 150 Palestinian demonstrators
to the cause of peace, and that an gathered in Ramallah to protest against
independent Palestine must be viable, Obama's visit. Mass ranks of police
that real borders will have to be drawn," prevented them from nearing Abbas's
Obama said in a nationally televised compound.
speech. A smiling Obama, accompanied by
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ﺳﺎﻝ ﺳﺎﺑﻘﻪ٢١ ﺑﺎ
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