U.S. President Barack Obama with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas

epa01870829 U.S. President Barack Obama (C) watches Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) shake hands at a trilateral meeting at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City on 22 September 2009. The talks in New York were dampened by a warning from Israeli
President Shimon Peres to the Palestinians that they should not expect an end to all Israeli settlement activities. EPA/JOHN ANGELILLO / POOL