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August 4, 2009       Share:    

Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32273947/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/

Jordan Rejects Call to Improve Ties with Israel

[AP/MSNBC] Jordan on Monday joined Saudi Arabia in publicly rejecting U.S. appeals to improve relations with Israel to help restart Middle East peace talks, throwing a damper on the Obama administration's push for Arab support behind new negotiations. After talks in Washington with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh said confidence-building measures that the U.S. wants Arab states to take will not produce a resolution to the conflict. Judeh rebuffed calls for Arabs to take incremental steps in normalizing relations with Israel before Israel agrees to withdraw from the West Bank.

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