UN, EU, Russia back Obama's Mideast 'vision' + UN Chief, Quartet stand behind Obama

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From WDAM:

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United Nations, European Union and Russia gave strong backing Friday to President Barack Obama's "vision" for achieving peace between Israel and the Palestinians.

They agreed that Obama's starting point - borders for Palestine, security for Israel - provides "a foundation for Israelis and Palestinians to reach a final resolution of the conflict through serious and substantive negotiations and mutual agreement on all core issues."

The U.N., EU, and Russia, along with the United States, comprise the Quartet of international mediators which has been trying for nearly a decade to promote a Mideast peace settlement.

The Quartet members said in a statement issued Friday that they are "in full agreement about the urgent need to resolve the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians."

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From UN Chief, Quartet stand behind Obama call for deal based on 1967 borders

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says U.S. president offered important ideas in Middle East speech that could propel peace talks forward; Mideast Quartet voices 'strong support'.

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Ban also discussed the Palestinian-Israeli peace process, and Obama's call for a return to pre-1967 borders, a statement that Prime Minister Netanyahu has rejected as "indefensible borders".

The UN chief said that Obama offered important ideas that could propel peace talks forward, saying that his stance was in line with that of the international community.

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The Quartet of Middle East peace negotiators -- the United States, Russia, the
European Union and the United Nations -- also stood behind the U.S. president's speech Friday, voicing "strong support" for U.S. Obama's vision of Israeli-Palestinian peace.

"The Quartet agrees that moving forward on the basis of territory and security provides a foundation for Israelis and Palestinians to reach a final resolution of the conflict through serious and substantive negotiations and mutual agreement on all core issues," the group said in a statement.

MUCH more at the link(s)! Well, that's most of the world in Obama's corner on this, including this scathing critic right here. I have to give him his due, especially this close to an election, even paying lip service to trying to make headway on Peace in the middle east is no easy task...

PB