March 24, 2014
Israel-Palestine talks: the balance sheet so far
US desperate to keep futile peace process show on the road a little longer
By Jonathan Cook in NazarethFor the first time since the US launched the Middle East peace talks last summer, the Palestinian leadership may be sensing it has a tiny bit of leverage.
Barack Obama met the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, in Washington last week in what Palestinian officials called a “candid and difficult” meeting. The US president hoped to dissuade Abbas from walking away when the original negotiations’ timetable ends in a month.
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