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The Arab Lobby Racks Up Another Victory
(New York Post) Benny Avni - This week the Arab countries convinced Western reporters that they're advancing the peace process with Israel when the Arab League gave its nod of approval for Mahmoud Abbas to participate in indirect talks with Israel. Yet, in reality, Israelis and Palestinians have publicly conducted direct talks since the early 1990s. The Palestinians broke off those talks last year under increasing pressure from leading Arab countries, which hoped President Obama would lean hard on the new government of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu.