奧巴馬會晤內塔尼亞胡努力推動中東和平
U.S. President Barack Obama will attempt to break an impasse in the latest efforts to reach a final Middle East peace accord when he hosts Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House Monday.
Mr. Obama will try and convince Mr. Netanyahu to agree to a framework on a final round of negotiations that would lead to the creation of a Palestinian state existing side-by-side with Israel. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry launched a new round of peace talks last July, with the goal of reaching a final agreement by next month. But the Obama administration revised the goal as the talks stalled
In an interview published Sunday by Bloomberg, the U.S. president warned that "time is running out" for Israel to reach a final accord with the Palestinians. He said if the peace talks fail, the U.S. would be unable to defend Israel from a backlash on the international stage, including a growing threat of boycotts and diplomatic isolation.
But Mr. Netanyahu told reporters before his departure for Washington that Israel will continue to reject what he called the "various pressures" to reach a deal.奧巴馬總統星期一將在白宮會晤以色列總理內塔尼亞胡。這將是奧巴馬政府爲打破僵局、推動達成中東和平的最後協議所作的最新努力。
奧巴馬總統將試圖說服內塔尼亞胡同意接受最後一輪談判的框架。這輪談判將導致創建一個與以色列共存的巴勒斯坦國。
美國國務卿克里去年7月發起新一輪和談，目標是在4月底以前達成最後協議。但是隨着談判陷入僵局，奧巴馬政府修改了目標。
奧巴馬總統星期天接受彭博新聞社採訪時警告說，以色列和巴勒斯坦人達成最後協議的時間不多了。他說，如果和談失敗了，美國就無法保護以色列不在國際舞臺上遭到反彈，這包括越來越多的抵制威脅和外交孤立。
但是內塔尼亞胡在啓程前往華盛頓前對記者說，以色列將繼續頂住他所說的要求達成協議的“各種壓力。”
