In “private” conversations, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak dared to speak frankly about reality, instead of indulging in loopy pie-in-the-sky fantasies about a quick peace deal with Palestinians—and promptly received a diplomatic slap from the State Department. WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States said Friday that Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak’s ...
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U.S. endorses Arab peace plan as foundation for Mideast peace. On the first day of her Middle East tour, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Tuesday signed a joint statement with Egypt, Jordan and six Persian Gulf states, endorsing the 2002 Arab peace initiative as one of the foundations for ...
The Bush administration appears to have given up. Rice meets with Syrian counterpart. SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met Syria’s foreign minister Thursday in the first high-level talks between the two countries in years, hours after the chief military spokesman in Iraq said Syria had moved to ...