Obama Calls Palestinian Leader, Says Peace Vital

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Obama Calls Palestinian Leader, Says Peace Vital
By AP Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008

(RAMALLAH, West Bank) — A Palestinian negotiator says U.S. President-elect Barack Obama has called the Palestinian president and told him that peace is a vital interest for Israelis and Palestinians.

Negotiator Saeb Erekat says the phone call took place Tuesday.

Erekat says Obama told President Mahmoud Abbas that he will spare no effort to facilitate a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians.

A year of U.S.-backed talks has not yielded tangible results and the fate of the negotiations is uncertain.

Israel is holding elections in February. Opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu has said he would not continue peace talks in the current format. Also, Abbas faces a new political showdown with rival Hamas in January when the Islamic militants say his term expires.

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1860508,00.html?xid=rss-page

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1. Now their is a productive idea. Give peace a chance!

I hope that it does not offend the military. They have fought so bravely and so patriotically to use all the weapons available, and now there is talk of peace.