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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/16/AR2009011604319.html
Beyond Gaza
[Washington Post] Editorial - Meeting with the Post's editorial board on Thursday, Barack Obama said that he didn't believe his administration would "have that luxury" of standing back from the deteriorating situation in Gaza. Yet the president-elect appeared to have a healthy appreciation of the limits of what U.S. diplomacy might be able to accomplish. "That doesn't mean we close a deal or we have some big, grand...Camp David-type event early in my administration," he said. "The notion is not that the United States can dictate the terms of an agreement." Obama said his aim would be "to provide a space where trust can be built"; he cited the suggestion of former British prime minister Tony Blair "to build some concrete deliverables that people can see," such as greater security for Israelis and economic benefits for Palestinians.