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Last update - 20:06 07/06/2009
Saudis tell Obama: Impose Mideast solution if needed
By Reuters
Tags: Middle East peace 

King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has urged U.S. President Barack Obama to impose a solution on the festering Arab-Israeli conflict if necessary, a Saudi newspaper said on Sunday.

Saudi Arabia and other Arab states want Obama to get tough with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over his refusal to endorse Palestinian statehood and for defying U.S. calls to halt the expansion of settlements.

King Abdullah told Obama during his visit to Riyadh last week that Arab patience was wearing thin and that a solution of the Arab-Israeli conflict would be the "magic key" to all issues in the region, al-Hayat said, quoting what it called informed sources.
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"We want from you a serious participation to solve the Palestinian issue and impose the solution if necessary," the Saudi monarch told Obama, according to the paper, which is owned by a nephew of the monarch. It did not elaborate.

Saudi Arabia was the driving force behind an Arab peace initiative first put forward by Arab states in 2002 offering Israel recognition in return for withdrawal from Arab land captured in the 1967 Six-Day War and a Palestinian state.

Israel has reacted coolly to the offer, renewed in 2007, saying a return of Palestinian refugees to areas now inside Israel would destroy the Jewish character of the state.

"We [Arabs] want to devote our time ... to build a generation capable of confronting the future with science and work," King Abdullah said, according to al-Hayat.

Saudi Arabia believes the collapse of Middle East peacemaking has given Iran a chance to expand its regional influence through Sunni Islamist groups such as the Palestinian Hamas, as well as its Shi'ite traditional Hezbollah allies in Lebanon.

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      1.   Saudis 20:13  |  Marc 07/06/09
      2.   Gee, if only there were no Jews, life would be perfect... 20:18  |  bat yam 07/06/09
      3.   King Abdullah is soo right... 20:19  |  Dutch 07/06/09
      4.   Mirroring 20:26  |  george 07/06/09
      5.   Dutch: Those that think of "magic solutions" 20:33  |  Brad 07/06/09
      6.   Brad 20:45  |  Andy 07/06/09
      7.   WHAT A LOAD OF NONSENSE!!! 20:53  |  Ian 07/06/09
      8.   Sure, let us impose a solution, but not the one the Saudis want 02:00  |  McQueen 08/06/09
      9.   Let`s also impose an end to religious rule in Saudi Arabia 02:01  |  McQueen 08/06/09
      10.   Not unless [CENSORED] 02:04  |  Mark Lincoln 08/06/09
      11.   HOW is US going to stop Hamas & Iran rejecting peace & borders? 02:23  |  PETER SM 08/06/09
      12.   DORIS He is "sooo-" right for you,not for peace. 02:26  |  PETER SM 08/06/09
      13.   DORIS He is "soo" right for you,not for peace. 02:29  |  PETER SM 08/06/09
      14.   Okay then here`s the solution 03:37  |  Gee 08/06/09
      15.   Dutch: Please boycott all things Israel. 03:40  |  Jasper 08/06/09
      16.   "Please put the genious back into the lamp" (2nd attempt) 04:15  |  Fortuna Benmayor 08/06/09
      17.   Obama had asked the "counsel" of the Saudi King 05:09  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 08/06/09
      18.   Getting Impatient, Your Majesty? 05:31  |  Jeff Northridge 08/06/09
      19.   Ain`t Happenin`!!! 06:17  |  Heather Czerniak 08/06/09
      20.   Cipora Julianna Kohn # 11 Yes, And In Addition... 06:17  |  Jeff Northridge 08/06/09
      21.   Saudi King needs counsel 06:38  |  *BEN JABO 08/06/09
      22.   Andy Capitulation isn`t Peace 06:49  |  *BEN JABO 08/06/09
      23.   begining 2007 Saudis influence failed in 06:59  |  Joseph.E 08/06/09
      24.   If the Saudis really want peace. . . . 07:01  |  MichaelF 08/06/09
      25.   Abdullah and the "magic key" 07:04  |  MichaelF 08/06/09
      26.   #8 - Gee 07:07  |  MichaelF 08/06/09
      27.   Why should Saudi pay for Israel`s problems Gee? 07:39  |  BBSNews 08/06/09
      28.   Exactly right! 10:41  |  GT 08/06/09
      29.   #13, Jeff Northridge 10:56  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 08/06/09
      30.   BBS If Saudis really want peace its their problem 11:12  |  PETER SM 08/06/09
      31.   What Will Happen Next... 11:48  |  Matty Groves 08/06/09
      32.   Yes, they are right 12:41  |  robert costa 08/06/09
      33.   Fer cryin` out loud! Listen to what he is saying! 12:47  |  Johnboy 08/06/09
      34.   to #7 in UK Newcastle upon Tyne 12:48  |  ruben siedner 08/06/09
      35.   not good enough 14:57  |  d muntean 05/07/09
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