When U.S. president Barack Obama took the stage at the UN general assembly his first priority was pushing for the support of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. The talks recently started up again on September 2nd. His main point was that although the Israelis and Palestinians need to make the peace, everyone else must do their part as well. Mr. Obama admitted that the last year has been full of ups and downs between the two parties. However, he said he was pleased with the recent direct negotiations bewteen Isrealis and Palestinians in Washington this past month. The president also recognized the fact that many remained pessimistic about the process, and did not believe an agreement could be made. He said that there would be people on both sides who would try to disrupt the process, and that is why everyone must do their part. The world needs to be building the process up and helping it along, instead of slowing it down. Mr. Obama said that if peace could no be reached quote "This holy land will remian a symbol of our differences,instead of our common humanity." If that will be the case or not is yet to be seen. Mr. Obama is scheduled to speak again later today in which he will come after his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
For more information see the artcile on BBC at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11397555
By: Colin Zimmerman
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