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World Leaders Work Space

FIX SUPPOSEVILY “The United States has been and will be always there for Israel, And we will always support the Israeli government and Israeli people as they struggle to find a safe and secure peace.” -Hilary Clinton "We have pledged 500 million dollars for economic development in Palestine over three years to 2011" -Gordon Brown

Gordon Brown/UK involment in the conflict below. []

UN - anti-Israel stance - UN chief Ban Ki Moon and Arab leaders met in Libya to support US-led efforts to help w/ peace talks btwn Israelis & Palestinians - EU, Russia, UN, & US met in Moscow and called to halt settlements - Ban Ki Moon criticized Israel's decision to construct 20 dwellings in East Jerusalem, calling them illegal under international law - Ban Ki Moon says Israelis & Palestinians should do more to create peace btwn them - Moon says that peace is primarily at the hands of the parties themselves

Britain: divided Palestine into Arab/Jew zones, did not work currently helping Israel with security -Israel being attacked by Palestinians

USA:

Hillary Clinton Plan for a path for peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians More US help is needed to accomplish peace Combat terrorism Failure of The Mitchell Plan
 * Supports Israel’s security
 * Top priority is peace between the two countries
 * Visits the countries
 * Palestinians that they must end violence with Israel
 * Israeli leaders that they have a lot of work to do before achieving peace
 * Plan by former US senator George Mitchell
 * Accepted by the US, Israelis, and Palestinians
 * Agreed to stop attacking each other, didn’t follow through, continued fighting
 * Currently not influencing the Israeli government
 * Lead by President Bush
 * Assisted by Arafat (Palestinian leader)
 * Has not helped much
 * Arafat may be linked to supporting terrorism rather than fighting against it
 * Did not protect Palestinians from Israel

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ISSUES self-determination: both Arabs and Jews claim they have a right to the land