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Obama: "We're Not There Yet"
[White House] President Obama said Tuesday: "If all sides are willing to move off of the rut that we're in currently, then I think there is an extraordinary opportunity to make real progress. But we're not there yet." "What may have changed - and this is what we have to test - is a growing realization on the part of the Palestinians that Israel is not going anywhere and is a fact, a reality that has to be dealt with; and a recognition on the part of the Israelis that their long-term security interests require finding an accommodation with the Palestinians and ultimately with their Arab neighbors." "It's a difficult issue that requires a lot of groundwork to be laid and sometimes proceeds in fits and starts."