White House: "No Decision" on New Mideast Plan

(Reuters) Caren Bohan - U.S. National Security Adviser Jim Jones said Friday that no decision had been made for President Barack Obama to offer his own solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict. "While we've not taken any decision to jumpstart any dramatic shift in our strategy, I think we should say, to make clear, that we don't intend to surprise anybody at any time," Jones said. Speculation that Obama was weighing his own plan was widely interpreted as a possible trial balloon by the White House to increase pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.


2010-04-12 09:27:22

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