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May 7, 2009

AIPAC Launches Campaign to Prevent Peace Talks
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The pro-Israeli government lobby group AIPAC has launched a new campaign
to prevent the Obama administration from pressuring Israel to engage in
peace talks. AIPAC is urging lawmakers to sign onto a congressional
measure that urges Obama not to dictate how Israel negotiates with
Palestinian leaders. The administration says it supports a two-state
solution, though it hasn’t called for a full Israeli withdrawal from the
Occupied Territories where a Palestinian state would be created. Israel
opposes the two-state solution and wants to retain Jewish-only
settlements in the occupied West Bank.



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