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Title: Obama urges Israeli, Palestinian sides to do more
Post by: Americanhero1 on September 22, 2009, 12:11:16 PM
NEW YORK – President Barack Obama is sternly urging Israeli and Palestinian leaders to do more to make Mideast peace talks possible.

Obama spoke at the start of a joint meeting in New York with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (neh-ten-YAH'-hoo) and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (mahk-MOOD' ah-BAHS').

He launched the meeting by presiding over a handshake between the two leaders. Obama brought them together for the first Israeli-Palestinian meeting since Netanyahu took office in March. The three-way session came after Obama met individually with both men on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly session.

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.

NEW YORK (AP) — President Barack Obama is sternly urging Israeli and Palestinian leaders to do more to make Mideast peace talks possible.

Obama spoke at the start of a joint meeting in New York with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (neh-ten-YAH'-hoo) and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (mahk-MOOD' ah-BAHS').

He launched the meeting by presiding over a handshake between the two leaders. Obama brought them together for the first Israeli-Palestinian meeting since Netanyahu took office in March. The three-way session came after Obama met individually with both men on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly session.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090922/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama