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Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu
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Last update - 19:32 26/03/2009
Netanyahu says expects no U.S. pressure over peace process
By Reuters
Tags: netanyahu, obama, Israel News 

Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday he did not expect to come under pressure from the United States over the Middle East peace strategy of his right-leaning government.

"I think you are talking about something that I doubt existed for any length of time in the past and which I am convinced does not exist today," the hawkish Netanyahu told reporters in reply to a question about possible U.S. pressure.
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Netanyahu, who clashed with the Clinton administration while prime minister from 1996 to 1999, has shied away from endorsing the U.S.-backed goal of creating a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, alongside Israel.


U.S. President Barack Obama reaffirmed at a news conference on Tuesday Washington's commitment to a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

In his latest remarks, Netanyahu played down any notion of friction with Obama, saying the United States and Israel shared mutual interests and values, and ties between the two allies were especially strong.

Side-stepping a question on whether he backed Palestinian statehood, Netanyahu referred reporters to a coalition deal Likud reached with the centre-left Labor Party of Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Tuesday.

Under that pact, Likud agreed to respect all of Israel's international agreements - a formula that includes accords envisaging Palestinian statehood.

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      1.   Reflection 17:41  |  Christopher 26/03/09
      2.   No pressure=nothing changes=no justice or peace 17:59  |  David 26/03/09
      3.   Why is Netanyahu "hawkish" but Labor is "center-left"? 18:54  |  Moshe 26/03/09
      4.   Let`s See If George Mitchell Will Let Him Get Away With It 19:12  |  Yaakov Sullivan 26/03/09
      5.   What`s Bibi`s West Bank plan (if any) 19:19  |  bronxite10 26/03/09
      6.   Re: Reflection 19:23  |  David 26/03/09
      7.   And I expect not to return to work tomorrow 19:58  |  Ben 26/03/09
      8.   No U.S. pressure? 21:57  |  ashamed 26/03/09
      9.   To #3 01:24  |  Robert 27/03/09
      10.   #2 01:25  |  kd 27/03/09
      11.   Who told him Aipac or Hillary? 04:23  |  jim the mechanic 27/03/09
      12.   This conflict is nolonger about what US leadership will tolerate 09:34  |  Dutch 27/03/09
      13.   Who is David of Philadelphia who knows Natanyahu so well? 12:56  |  lily 27/03/09
      14.   Dutch who knows everything and mostly how to bring down Israel 12:59  |  lily 27/03/09
      15.   there are NO "shared values" between the united states(2nd try) 14:28  |  eric 27/03/09
      16.   Translation; Negotiate and stall; AIPAC will take care of America 02:15  |  American in NY 28/03/09
      17.   The point to the Barak coalition 18:52  |  Stephen L 28/03/09
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