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Clinton: Peace talks have 'a certain momentum'
Clinton: Peace talks have 'a certain momentum'
By JPOST.COM STAFF
09/08/2010 21:41
US Secretary of State says Obama's foreign policy succeeding hours after Palestinian negotiator Nabil Sha'ath says PA won't recognize Jewish character of Israel.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was confident of the prospects for Palestinians and Israels to achieve a final peace agreement during a speech covering a wide range of foreign policy issues at gathering at the Council on Foreign Relations held in Washington on Wednesday. "Both sides and both leaders recognize that there may not ever be another chance," said Clinton. She added, "There's a certain momentum. You know, we have some challenges in the early going that we have to get over, but I think that we have a real shot here."
Clinton asserted at the meeting that the Obama administration's approach to foreign policy was beginning to pay important dividends. "We are advancing America's interests and making progress on some of our most pressing challenges." "Today we can say with confidence that this model of American leadership works, and that it offers our best hope in a dangerous world." Despite Clinton's optimistic remarks on Wednesday, progress in the area of American-guided Israeli-Palestinian peace talks seemed to be in question. Earlier in the day, a member of the Palestinian Authority negotiating team participating in the peace talks announced that the PA does not intend to recognize Israel as a Jewish state.
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