Inside Story - Obama's Middle East challenge - 22 Sep 09
Barack Obama, the US president, is hosting talks with Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, and Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, in yet another push for peace in the Middle East.
These trilateral talks come just days after George Mitchell, the US envoy to the Middle East, returned from the region - having failed to secure any new agreements with the leaders on their own soil.
So, can Obama really deliver on this highly complex issue and just what are the implications of failure?
Inside Story presenter Maryam Nemazee discusses with guests Aaron Klein, the Jerusalem bureau chief of WorldNetDaily, prominent Israeli author and columnist, Mkhaimar Abu Sada, a professor of Political Science at Al-Azhar University in Gaza, and David Mack, the former US ambassador and vice president of the Middle East Institute.
These trilateral talks come just days after George Mitchell, the US envoy to the Middle East, returned from the region - having failed to secure any new agreements with the leaders on their own soil.
So, can Obama really deliver on this highly complex issue and just what are the implications of failure?
Inside Story presenter Maryam Nemazee discusses with guests Aaron Klein, the Jerusalem bureau chief of WorldNetDaily, prominent Israeli author and columnist, Mkhaimar Abu Sada, a professor of Political Science at Al-Azhar University in Gaza, and David Mack, the former US ambassador and vice president of the Middle East Institute.