President Obama meets Palestinian President Abbas
President Obama met with Palestinian President Abbas on May 28 in the Oval Office, assuring him that the United States supports Palestinian statehood and does not want Jewish settlement construction to persist in the West Bank, reports Reuters.
Writer Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas called on President Barack Obama on Saturday to impose a Mideast peace deal, reflecting growing frustration with what Palestinians see as Washington's failure to wrangle concessions out of Israel's hardline government.