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Article: ANALYSIS-MIDEAST: IRAN'S PRESIDENT HANDS ISRAEL A GIFT IN SPEECH
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- Inter Press Service English News Wire
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- April 22, 2009
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Analysis by Jerrold Kessel and Pierre Klochendler
Inter Press Service English News Wire
04-22-2009
JERUSALEM, Apr. 22, 2009 (IPS/GIN) -- Just when it seemed the
international community was gearing itself up to put pressure on
the new Israeli government to engage the Arab world and the
Palestinian Authority seriously on peace, Iran's president hijacked
the moment.
But, in again lashing out against Israel, he handed the Israeli
prime minister a whip of his own with which to question the merit
of dialogue with Iran that the Obama administration has been
promoting.
Only last week, in his latest round of talks with Israeli and
Arab leaders, special U.S. presidential envoy Sen. George Mitchell
had ...