31.07 US-brokered Mideast Peace Efforts Have Produced Iconic Images
WASHINGTON, July 30 (By Suleiman Wali for RIA Novosti) For decades, a lasting Mideast peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians has remained a nagging thorn in American politics.
On Tuesday, as the latest round of negotiations started in Washington, US Secretary of State John Kerry set a nine-month timetable for reaching an agreement that would lead to the creation of a Palestinian state.
Some analysts call this fresh effort futile and point to several past summits as examples of repeated diplomatic failures.
Whether the Obama administrations initiative works or not remains to be seen, but what has been clear from experience is that, often, the photos from these meetings outlast the agreements made between the parties.
Here is a look back at several American-led Mideast peace summits and some of the iconic photos that theyve produced.
Washington, September 2010: US President Barack Obama is flanked by (left to right) Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, and Jordans King Abdullah II at the White House in Washington. The deals negotiated in Obamas first Mideast peace conference didnt last, and neither did Mubaraks presidency. He would be ousted during the Egyptian revolution less than a year later.
