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>King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has urged U.S. President Barack Obama to impose a solution on the festering Arab-Israeli conflict if necessary, a Saudi newspaper said on Sunday.
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>Saudi Arabia and other Arab states want Obama to get tough with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who has balked at Palestinian statehood and defied U.S. calls to halt the expansion of Jewish settlements.
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>Get involved, don't get involved. It's all rather confusing. It's the last thing I expected from the Arab world. Seems to me he will be d_mned if he does and d_mned if he doesn't.

Does it really matter? No outside force, not even the U.S., can "impose" a Mideast solution. We can encourage and help the process, but Israel and the Palestinians are the ones who must come to an agreement.

I'm waiting for an announcement from Saudi Arabia and the other Arab states that they will turn over part of their land to the Palestinians ;-) I wouldn't want to have to negotiate with Netanyahu, either, but what gall for the countries who are right there to suggest the U.S. should take care of the problem.