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April 15, 2011

U.S. Needs One Last Peace Process Push

David Makovsky, Politico

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For its part, the Obama administration has been preoccupied with dramatic events sweeping the Arab nations in the Middle East.

Washington now needs to make one major push to get Israel and the Palestinian Authority to each cross a historic and transformative threshold to avoid the slide to September. Only the U.S. has enough authority to synchronize this move. Because neither side will cross a historic threshold...

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TAGGED: Washington, Palestinian Authority, Israel, Obama administration, Middle East

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