Peace Talks Must Resume, Clinton Says in Israel Visit [View all]
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Why now? The answer is elections,” observed Eytan Gilboa, a politics professor at Bar-Ilan University. “Hillary Clinton is very popular in Israel. There were talks about Obama coming here — I think he did very well to avoid a visit by himself. It was a great idea to send her to do some politicking for him.”
Welcoming Mrs. Clinton to dinner at his Jerusalem office, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described the Palestinians as “an anchor of peace,” saying, “We have to invest every effort to maintain it, to keep the tranquillity and see if we can move the process forward.” But first on the agenda, Mr. Netanyahu said, was the 30-year-old peace treaty with Egypt.
Later, at her news conference, Mrs. Clinton said: “The United States, Israel, and Egypt all share a strong interest in the treaty. It has served as the backbone for regional stability for more than three decades.”
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