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US President Barack Obama praises Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas for their leadership in agreeing to resume peace talks. He also noted that “the parties have much work to do in the days and months ahead.” The negotiators from Israel and the Palestinian Authority meet in Washington Monday for talks they hope will lead to an agreement within nine months. The Obama administration’s last foray into the Arab-Israeli conflict ended in failure, when talks launched in September 2010 collapsed weeks later over continued Israeli settlement building. US State Secretary John Kerry persuaded the two sides to meet for nine months to try to resolve the conflict. The latest effort is met with skepticism, as Israel and the Palestinians remain divided over the so-called “final status” issues that plagued negotiators for two decades. These include Jerusalem — claimed as a capital by both sides — the borders of a Palestinian state, the fate of Palestinian refugees and Jewish settlement activity in the occupied West Bank.
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