Struggling to Find Peace Solutions in the Middle East
Posted March 10th, 2008 by steve
More stories from: Egypt | Israel | Lebanon | Palestinian Territories
The Economist is running a story on some of the challenges with finding solutions to Middle East conflicts. The problems are tightly interlinked - the flare-up in Gaza made it more difficult to resolve a constitutional crisis in Lebanon, for example. I wonder what it will take to finally reach some resolution - will we have to wait for great leaders to simultaneously emerge in several countries?
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US President Barack Obama is planning to discuss the stalled Middle East peace talks with King Abdullah II of Jordan when the monarch visits Washington next week, the White House said Wednesday. The April 21 visit, previously announced by the king's palace in Amman, will focus on "the pursuit of a comprehensive peace in the Middle East, including moving forward with the Arab Peace Initiative," the White House said in a statement. Obama "looks forward to discussing ways in which the two countries can strengthen cooperation on regional affairs, military and security issues and reform efforts," it added. cheap carpet In Amman, the palace said in a statement released Sunday that the summit "will focus on efforts to reach a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and realize comprehensive Middle East peace.carpet runners " The concept of a two-state solution, which would see a viable Palestinian state existing alongside a secure Israel, is central to Obama's Middle East policy; berber carpet but it is unpopular in hawkish new Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government