Panetta: Israel must get to the damn

From ALJAZEERA:

Leon Panetta, US defence secretary, has urged Israel to go back to the negotiating table with Palestinians and to address what he described as the country’s growing isolation in the Middle East.

In remarks made at the Brookings Institution in Washington on Friday, Panetta said: “The problem right now is we can’t get them [Israel’s leaders] to the damn table to at least sit down and begin to discuss their differences…

“If they sit at a table and work through those concerns and the United States can be of assistance in that process, then I think you have the beginning of what could be a process that could lead to a peace agreement…

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EDITOR: We fear that time is running out for Israel.

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