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Subscribe to RSSJERUSALEM – President Barack Obama is in the Middle East this week on a high stakes diplomatic trip to Israel, the Palestinian territories and Jordan.
After spending time in Israel on Wednesday with Israel’s President Benjamin Netanyahu, he visited Palestinian leaders in the West Bank on Thursday.
Richard Engel, NBC News’ Chief Foreign Correspondent, is in Jerusalem – where Obama delivered a major speech to Israelis Thursday. He answered reader questions about the trip earlier today.
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Thanks, Richard. I'm sensing that the average Palestinian adult is wallowing in negative thinking. Do the young people see any hope? Where is the optimism going to come from to wage peace?
its a mind set pube the youth in the middle east want peace. but nothing is free and its gonna be expensive blood is not cheap.