“U.S. Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell resigned Friday after more than two frustrating years in which he failed at his main task: Steering Israeli-Palestinian negotiations toward the two-state solution.

Mitchell’s departure heralds the new policy to be presented this week by U.S. President Barack Obama. In his speech, Obama is expected to position the United States alongside demonstrators, rebels and political activists struggling for democracy and freedom in Arab countries, and to revive the diplomatic process between Israel and the Palestinians.”

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