Attempt to restart peace talks:
Obama to meet Netanyahu, Abbas
US: US President Barack Obama will hold a joint meeting with Israeli
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President
Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday to attempt to restart peace talks between the
two sides, the White House said.
The meeting — the first between the three men — will be held in New
York, where the U.N. General Assembly takes place next week.
Obama will meet with each leader separately before convening a joint
session with them, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said in the
statement, released on Saturday.
Netanyahu’s office said in a statement the Israeli leader had pushed
forward his departure for New York to Monday from Wednesday for the
purpose of meeting with Obama and Abbas. “Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu welcomes the United States’ invitation for talks with
President Barack Obama and for a trilateral meeting with President Obama
and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas,” the statement said.
Washington, Sunday, Reuters |