Obama Invites Middle East Leaders to DC

Netanyahu, Abbas will meet president—but maybe not each other

By Jason Farago

Posted Apr 22, 2009 9:24 AM CDT

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Obama Invites Middle East Leaders to DC — President Barack Obama meets with King Abdullah of Jordan in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, April 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Barack Obama has invited the leaders of Israel, Egypt, and the Palestinian Authority for talks in Washington in a new bid for a Middle East peace agreement, reports the BBC. Obama extended the invitations after a meeting yesterday with Jordan’s King Abdullah, at which the president spoke of "profound cynicism" surrounding the peace process. There is no guarantee the Israeli and Palestinian leaders would meet directly.

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