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Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Obama urges Israeli, Palestinian sides to do more

By JENNIFER LOVEN, AP White House Correspondent

NEW YORK – President Barack Obama is sternly urging Israeli and Palestinian leaders to do more to make Mideast peace talks possible.

Obama spoke at the start of a joint meeting in New York with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (neh-ten-YAH'-hoo) and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (mahk-MOOD' ah-BAHS').

He launched the meeting by presiding over a handshake between the two leaders. Obama brought them together for the first Israeli-Palestinian meeting since Netanyahu took office in March. The three-way session came after Obama met individually with both men on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly session.

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