"US Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice will go to the Middle East to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, ABC's Kirit Radia reports:
US and Israeli officials tell ABC News that the Obama administration is sending its top UN envoy to visit Israel and the Palestinian Territories next week.
Officials say next Wednesday US Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice will address an annual conference hosted by Israeli President Shimon Peres
'Meanwhile ... in Palestine......'
,......... US officials insist Rice is not being deployed to negotiate the peace process and that the purpose of the trip is to address Peres’ “Facing Tomorrow” conference on behalf of the administration, but acknowledge that the matter will likely come up in bilateral meetings she will hold with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during what is expected to be a three day visit. Her visit comes at a delicate time as the US is pushing to break an impasse between the parties over Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem..."
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Rice to Israel, Palestine
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