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Source: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1166261.html
Report: Obama Promised Abbas a Palestinian State within Two Years
(Ha'aretz) President Obama told Palestinian leader Abbas that he was committed to seeing the creation of a sovereign Palestinian state within two years, an Egyptian official told Al-Hayat on Thursday. The official also said Israel had rejected special U.S. envoy Mitchell's proposal to withdraw Israel Defense Forces troops from sections of the West Bank. According to the report, Israel told Mitchell that it could not guarantee such a move before beginning direct peace negotiations with the PA. The official said Israel offered other goodwill gestures instead, such as removing checkpoints and releasing Palestinian prisoners.