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Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks, Again

Aug 23, 2010 | 19:32 GMT

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shakes hands with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shakes hands with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas during the funeral of former Israeli leader Shimon Peres on September 30, 2016 in Jerusalem, Israel. World leaders and dignitaries from 70 countries attended the state funeral of Israel's ninth president, Shimon Peres, in Jerusalem on Friday, after thousands of Israelis paid their last respects to the elder statesman who died on Wednesday.

(Photo by Amos Ben Gershom/GPO via Getty Images)

The United States is both a major Palestinian National Authority funder and the most significant Israeli ally, and neither side is in a position to resist the call to talk. And so the talks begin....

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