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• White House: No 'grand expectations' for Obama-led Mideast summit
• Ahmadinejad 'proud' of angering West over Holocaust denial
• Avi Issacharoff / Tripartite summit or PR for Obama?
• Israel sources: Obama summit will just be a photo op
• Netanyahu accuses Sweden of trying to reach out to Hamas

White House: No 'grand expectations' for Obama-led Mideast summit Posted: 21 Sep 2009 12:02 PM PDT The White House does not have "grand expectations" for President Barack Obama's upcoming trilateral summit with Israeli and Palestinian leaders, the White House said on Monday. ...

Ahmadinejad 'proud' of angering West over Holocaust denial Posted: 21 Sep 2009 09:04 AM PDT Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said he was proud that the West was outraged over his recent outburst of Holocaust denial, Iran's state news agency reported Monday. ...

Avi Issacharoff / Tripartite summit or PR for Obama? Posted: 21 Sep 2009 04:53 AM PDT The tripartite summit Tuesday between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Barack Obama is not likely to bring about a breakthrough or so much as a line for the final-status agreement. Both Israel and the PA have been emphasizing at every opportunity that the summit is not about negotiations, but merely a "preliminary meeting." ...

Israel sources: Obama summit will just be a photo op Posted: 21 Sep 2009 04:12 AM PDT Tuesday's meeting between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, U.S. President Barack Obama and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will just be a photo opportunity, sources at the prime minister's bureau have said. ...

Netanyahu accuses Sweden of trying to reach out to Hamas Posted: 21 Sep 2009 02:47 AM PDT Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has complained over Sweden's attempting to establish contact with Hamas, Haaretz has learned. His allegation could worsen Israel's already tense relationship with the Scandinavian country following the publication there of an inflammatory news article accusing Israeli soldiers of harvesting the organs of Palestinians. ...

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