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Do We Really Want Direct Talks between Israelis and Palestinians?


(Foreign Policy) Aaron David Miller - Barack Obama's administration has been lobbying Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Arab governments hard to return to direct talks with Israel. But Obama should very careful what he wishes for. Israelis and Palestinians will certainly have to negotiate directly and own their peace process, but even with a strong American role, the odds against a conflict-ending accord remain long indeed. The Obama administration should be very careful that in its hurry to get direct talks going, it doesn't spark an Israeli-Palestinian crisis that makes that fact all too painfully clear.
2010-07-30 09:56:27
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