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    Settlements, War Crimes and Middle East Peace

    President Obama has promised a "new start" with the world's Muslims, but Secretary of State Clinton is finding again that's easier said than done.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    President Obama has promised a "new start" with the world's Muslims, but Secretary of State Clinton is finding again that's easier said than done. In Morocco, she told Arab leaders the US will deliver on President Obama's promise of a "new start" with the Muslim world, but first backed away from earlier statements denounced by some of those same leaders as threatening to set back the Israeli-Palestinian peace process by ten years. In the meantime, Congress is about to formally agree with Israel and denounce the UN's "Goldstone Report" about war crimes before and during the invasion of Gaza. We update US diplomacy in the Middle East and the prospects for getting peace talks started again.

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    2 of 3
    Settlements, War Crimes and Middle East Peace
    1. 0:00Afghan President Hamid Karzai Takes Office
    2. 7:35Settlements, War Crimes and Middle East PeaceYou’re reading this
    3. 43:22The Power of Prayer for the Healthcare Bill
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