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PressTVIn an attempt to shrug off raising questions over Israeli foreign minister's remarks in denial of Annapolis peace process, his deputy claims the US has shelved the process as well.
In an address to the world's Muslim from Turkey, US President Barack Obama highlighted his determination to push ahead with a two-state solution -- in clear contrast with remarks by the hawkish Israeli foreign minister.
However on Friday, Israel's Deputy Foreign Minister Daniel Ayalon made an effort to whitewash the picture, saying Obama's speech in Turkey earlier did not include any support for the Annapolis peace process, claiming that reports to the contrary were misunderstanding of the US president's speech.
Ayalon rejected interpolations that the US president's reference to 2007 talks was a warning against the radical policies of ultra rightist Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government, or against Lieberman's statement.
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Deputy FM: Obama's Ankara speech did not favor Annapolis
Deputy Foreign Minister Daniel Ayalon (Yisrael Beiteinu) said Friday that U.S. President Barack Obama's speech in Turkey earlier this week did not include any support for the Annapolis peace process, Army Radio reported.
Ayalon denounced calls which interpreted Obama's reference to the Israeli-Palestinian negotiation launched in Annapolis in 2007 as a warning against the policies of Israel's government, led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and against Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman's statement that the new government was not bound by Annapolis understandings.
Speaking before the Turkish parliament on Monday, Obama said that he will "actively pursue" a two-state solution in the Middle East and reiterated the U.S. commitment to the Annapolis process.
For his part, Ayalon said that "Anyone who bothered to pay close attention could see that Obama said nothing in favor of Annapolis."...
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http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1077665.html This is the latest in the increasingly tense relationship between Netanyahu's new government and the Obama administration.
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With ‘Annapolis,’ a Warning to Israelhttp://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/09/us/politics/09web-cooper.html?hpObama team readying for confrontation with Netanyahu http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1077222.htmlI wonder how Ayalon's attempt to re-frame President Obama's message will go over with the White House?
My guess? Not well.
Edited to add text from Haaretz article, which corroborates the PressTV article.