Top Obama Aide Denies Report on Backing Arab Peace Plan

[Ha'aretz] Dennis Ross, Barack Obama's adviser on Middle East policy, issued a statement Sunday denying reports that Obama plans to back the 2002 Arab peace plan, which calls for Israel to withdraw from all territories captured during the 1967 Six-Day War in exchange for normalized ties with the Arab world. The British Sunday Times said Obama had expressed this sentiment during his visit to Israel and the PA last July. However, Ross said, "I was in the meeting in Ramallah. Then-senator Obama did not say this, the story is false."


2008-11-17 08:00:00

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