Paris Meeting Marks End to Obama's Mideast Diplomacy

(AP-Washington Post) Matthew Lee - The Obama administration's eight years of Israeli-Palestinian diplomacy came to an end this weekend, with chances for a Mideast peace deal at perhaps their lowest ebb in a generation. The State Department said Secretary of State John Kerry only participated in the Paris peace conference on Sunday to ensure America's interest in a two-state solution to the conflict is preserved. No one expects a plan to emerge that could lead to new Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. Obama's efforts on the peace process in 2009-2010 and 2013-2014 both failed.


2017-01-16 00:00:00

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