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Source: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/858215.html
U.S. Official: Peace Effort Aimed at Lessening Arab, EU Pressure
[Ha'aretz] Shmuel Rosner - U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor Elliott Abrams said last week that the efforts the U.S. is now investing in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is aimed at lessening the pressure from "Arabs and the Europeans, who weren't happy with the United States" in its past approach. Abrams explained that the talks are sometimes not more than "process for the sake of process." Abrams has long been seen by Americans and Israelis as the more skeptical member of the team responsible for Middle East diplomacy.