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Rice, Allies at Odds on How to Revive Israel-Palestinian Peace Talks


[Boston Globe] Farah Stockman - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and some U.S. allies agreed Friday to try to revive the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, but clashed over how to handle the Palestinian militant group Hamas and one of its key backers, Syria. While Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov of Russia and Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier of Germany argued in favor of engagement, Rice defended the U.S. policy of shunning Syria and Hamas. A senior State Department official described efforts to engage Syria and Hamas as a "waste" of time.
2007-02-05 01:00:00
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