Obama’s Weak Mideast-Peace Hand: Little Leverage With Netanyahu, Abbas

The president has little leverage with Netanyahu and Abbas to bring about direct talks. By P.J. Crowley.

Published Sep. 23 2011 2:08AM EDT

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President Obama reiterated at the United Nations this week that the solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict rests not through a U.N. resolution (which the U.S.

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Obama’s Weak Mideast-Peace Hand: Little Leverage With Netanyahu, Abbas

The president has little leverage with Netanyahu and Abbas to bring about direct talks. By P.J. Crowley.

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