Publicly, Mr. Obama reassured Mr. Netanyahu that Israel's security would remain paramount in any American push to resolve the conflict.
Malaysia should be well-placed to help out in any similar push to resolve Thailand's problem, given its geographical and ethnic proximity to Pattani.
The challenge is to take advantage of Bin Laden's death and push to resolve the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians — a cloud over the prospects for Arab democracy.
The bottom line is that President Obama would command broad support from Jewish Americans for a bold push to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, even in the face of the intransigence of the leadership on both sides.
Today, President Trump is to meet with Qatari Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad al-Thani in the second step of a planned three-part diplomatic push to resolve a bitter dispute in the Persian Gulf region.
Still, after months of accusations and counteraccusations from the United States and Iran, the meeting raised the prospect of an intensified diplomatic push to resolve concerns over Iranian nuclear activity, not unlike the lengthy and painstaking talks that resulted in a deal last month with North Korea.
When President Bush and the British prime minister, Tony Blair, met this week in Hillsborough, Northern Ireland, they announced an all-out push to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by implementing the "road map," the Middle East peace initiative that envisions a Palestinian state by 2005.
Francis's visit will be a missed opportunity, however, if America's leaders and many presidential aspirants don't push to resolve a long-standing impasse between the United States and the Vatican over the church's steadfast refusal to open all its Holocaust-era archives.
Archives|Bit of Progress In Talks to End Strikes at G.M. Bit of Progress In Talks to End Strikes at G.M. Negotiators from the United Automobile Workers union and the General Motors Corporation have begun a push to resolve strikes in Flint that have crippled the giant auto maker's operations across North America, but the two sides have yet to settle G.M.'s demands for improved productivity here.
The discussions, which began on Wednesday, came six months after the last major push to resolve the outstanding issues, the Haass talks, ended without agreement.
