Washington, Apr. 7 (ANI): President Barack Obama reportedly brokered a two-month diplomacy window between Israeli and the Palestinian authorities during his trip to the Middle East last month. Citing Israeli and Palestinian officials, leading newspaper McClatchy reported that Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry persuaded Israel not to announce any new settlement activity on the West Bank. According to Politico, he also asked Palestinians not to take any unilateral actions at the United Nations. The eight-week stand-down would then allow Kerry to take a crack at helping to broker a long-term settlement. He is going to the region on Sunday, the report added. The basis for talks would be an initiative proposed by Saudi Arabia 11 years ago calling for normalization of Israel”s relations with all Arab states in exchange for a sovereign Palestinian state, McClatchy reports. (ANI)
