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Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/03/world/middleeast/03saudi.html
Arab States Cool to Obama Pleas for Peace Gesture
[New York Times] Michael Slackman - President Obama starts his Middle East tour on Wednesday in Saudi Arabia, where he is expected to press the Arab nations to offer a gesture to the Israelis to entice them to accelerate the peace process. But when he meets in Riyadh with King Abdullah, he should be prepared for a polite but firm refusal, Saudi officials and political experts say. "What do you expect the Arabs to give without getting anything in advance?" said Mohammad Abdullah al-Zulfa, a member of the Saudi Shura Council.