Rice Leaves Israel with Little Progress from Peace Talks
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 19 February 2007
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Condoleezza Rice had little to say today after a much-awaited meeting with leaders of Israel and the Palestinians. Why were no issues resolved? Is Middle East peace any closer? What does Saudi Arabia have to do with it? Also, suicide bombers defy a security crackdown that Iraqi leaders claimed was working. On Reporter's Notebook, how did reverence for past presidents turn into a stampede for bargains on Presidents Day?
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| 0:00.0 | From PRI, Public Radio International and KCRW Santa Monica, this is To the Point. |
| 0:07.7 | Another roadblock to peace in the Middle East. |
| 0:14.2 | Hello again, I'm Orinnelly, and this is To the Poet from Public Radio International, |
| 0:18.1 | a daily look at the issues Americans care about most. |
| 0:20.8 | Two weeks ago in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, |
| 0:22.9 | brokered a unity government deal |
| 0:24.4 | between the Palestinian factions, Hamas, and Fata. |
| 0:27.9 | That was good news for Palestinians, |
| 0:29.6 | exhausted by bloody fighting between the two, |
| 0:32.0 | but it was bad news for peace between the Palestinians and Israel, |
| 0:35.6 | and for Condoleezza Rice, |
| 0:36.8 | who left a three-way summit |
| 0:38.0 | meeting today empty-handed. |
| 0:40.2 | On to the point, is peace among the Palestinians killing hopes for peace between the Palestinians |
| 0:46.0 | and Israel? |
| 0:47.2 | Did Secretary Rice jump too soon in hopes of a much-needed diplomatic breakthrough? |
| 0:52.0 | On reporter's notebook later on, patriotism loses out to consumerism on President's Day. |
| 0:58.1 | First, here's the news. |
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| 1:10.5 | D. and Catherine T. MacArthur |
| 1:11.9 | Foundation. Hello again. I'm not only back with To the Point. Condoleezza Rice had little to say today |
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