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Source: http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1166413.html
Report: Obama to Call World Summit If Mideast Peace Talks Fail
(Ha'aretz) Barak Ravid - President Barack Obama has told several European leaders that if Israeli-Palestinian talks remain stalemated into September or October, he will convene an international summit on achieving Mideast peace, senior Israeli officials told Ha'aretz on Thursday. The conference would be run by the Quartet, and would address core issues such as borders, security arrangements, Palestinian refugees and Jerusalem. Obama is determined to exert his influence to establish a Palestinian state, the officials said. They said Obama could postpone the summit, or the unveiling of his own peace plan, until after the Congressional elections in November. Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas said Thursday in Amman, "We want our state to be declared under an international agreement. If this could not happen, the Arabs will go to the UN Security Council to get recognition of Palestinian statehood."