qrayjack
11-19-2008, 05:58 AM
Obama calls Palestinian leader, says peace vital
AP
RAMALLAH, West Bank – A Palestinian negotiator says U.S. President-elect Barack Obama has called the Palestinian president and told him that peace is a vital interest for Israelis and Palestinians.
Negotiator Saeb Erekat says the phone call took place Tuesday.
Erekat says Obama told President Mahmoud Abbas that he will spare no effort to facilitate a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians.
A year of U.S.-backed talks has not yielded tangible results and the fate of the negotiations is uncertain.
Israel is holding elections in February. Opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu has said he would not continue peace talks in the current format. Also, Abbas faces a new political showdown with rival Hamas in January when the Islamic militants say his term expires.
SOURCE (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081119/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_palestinians_obam a_1)
And with what authority was this done? The fictional 'Office of the President-elect?' The bureau of "hi, it is I, the Messiah?" This arrogant jerk just goes out and makes his own foreign policy in the name of the United States? Maybe he'll send Secretary of State Elect Hillary to the Middle East. Better yet send Biden. Joe opens his mouth once and full-scale war breaks out.
AP
RAMALLAH, West Bank – A Palestinian negotiator says U.S. President-elect Barack Obama has called the Palestinian president and told him that peace is a vital interest for Israelis and Palestinians.
Negotiator Saeb Erekat says the phone call took place Tuesday.
Erekat says Obama told President Mahmoud Abbas that he will spare no effort to facilitate a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians.
A year of U.S.-backed talks has not yielded tangible results and the fate of the negotiations is uncertain.
Israel is holding elections in February. Opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu has said he would not continue peace talks in the current format. Also, Abbas faces a new political showdown with rival Hamas in January when the Islamic militants say his term expires.
SOURCE (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081119/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_palestinians_obam a_1)
And with what authority was this done? The fictional 'Office of the President-elect?' The bureau of "hi, it is I, the Messiah?" This arrogant jerk just goes out and makes his own foreign policy in the name of the United States? Maybe he'll send Secretary of State Elect Hillary to the Middle East. Better yet send Biden. Joe opens his mouth once and full-scale war breaks out.