Both sides would benefit if Israel recognised it cannot permanently occupy Palestinian land and if Palestinians rejected incitement and recognised Israel’s legitimacy, US president Barack Obama told the United Nations on Tuesday.
Obama’s efforts to bring about an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement have failed over the nearly eight years he has been in the White House, with the latest push by US secretary of state John Kerry collapsing in 2014.
US officials have held out the possibility Obama could lay out the rough outlines of a deal – ‘parameters’ in diplomatic parlance – after the November 8 presidential election and before he leaves …read more
Source: New Age