Will Israel & Palestine Really Agree To A Two-State Solution?

Will there finally be peace in at least a part of the Middle East? Can Israelis & Palestinians really agree to a two-state solution? These are the questions that many are pondering tonight.At this very moment,I am watching Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu talk about how time is running out for this two-state solution.He says that he "envisions a future of everlasting peace for all of mankind." I share that same dream of Utopia.If we find some peace in the Middle East,the world will be a slightly better place.And being instrumental in achieving a two-state solution would help the Obama administration out tremendously.

Here's more from CNN:

"In advance of direct talks between Israel and the Palestinians on Thursday, President Barack Obama said Wednesday evening that "this moment of opportunity may not soon come again."

"The hard work is only beginning--neither success nor failure is inevitable," Obama said in remarks from the White House Rose Garden. "But this much we know: If we do not make the attempt, then failure is guaranteed."

With the U.S. war in Iraq drawing to a close, the Middle East moved front and center for administration officials Wednesday as President Barack Obama held a series of high-stakes meetings with Israeli and Arab leaders.

Obama huddled behind closed doors at the White House with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, Jordan's King Abdullah II and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.

On Wednesday night, Obama called the talks "very productive."

But he also pointed to challenges ahead. "We are under no illusions," he said. "Passions run deep... there's a reason that the two-state solution has eluded previous generations --- this is extraordinarily complex and extraordinarily difficult."

"But," he continued, "we know that the status quo is unsustainable."

Obama and Netanyahu met first on Wednesday, briefly addressing reporters to condemn, in Obama's words, the "senseless slaughter" of two men and two women Tuesday near the West Bank city of Hebron.

"Terrorists ... are purposely trying to undermine these talks," Obama said earlier Wednesday. "The message should go out (that this attack) is not going to stop" the United States from backing Israel and the peace process."(END OF EXCERPT)Read more here.