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May 20, 2010       Share:    

Source: http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0510/Obama_reassured_Jewish_members_on_Obama_plan.html?showall

Obama Reassures Jewish Lawmakers on "Obama Peace Plan"

(Politico) Ben Smith - During a meeting Tuesday between President Obama and Jewish members of Congress, Obama sought to quell concerns that he would impose a peace plan on Israel without the country's consent, two attendees said. Jewish members, led by New York's Eliot Engel and Connecticut's Joe Lieberman, pressed Obama on their impression that he is putting more pressure on Israel than on the Palestinian side in peace talks, and asked about recent calls on Obama to jumpstart the process with an "Obama plan." "I cannot impose a settlement," Obama said. "Israel is a sovereign nation and the notion that I would or could do that is simply wrong." Obama told the group that the rift between the U.S. and Israel has been overstated and stressed that the American commitment to Israel's military superiority is unabated.

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