Another War Possible Next Year

Jordan's King Abdullah has called on Obama to make peace in the Middle East urgently. He says that unless this takes place there will be yet another war within 18 months time. Knowing Israel, they won't wait another 18 months, they are not happy unless they are killing people.

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordan's king urged President Barack Obama Sunday to take a more forceful role in the peace process between Israelis and Palestinians, warning of a new Mideast war if there is no significant progress in the next 18 months.

Speaking to NBC's "Meet the Press," King Abdullah described the Israeli-Palestinian dispute as the core problem of the region and solving it would help the U.S. in dealing with Iran and combatting the appeal of radical Islamic groups like Al-Qaida.

"In the next 18 months, if we don't move the process forward, and bring people to the negotiation table, there will be another conflict between Israel and another protagonist," he said in the interview recorded in Washington on Friday.

"If it's left to the players, the Israelis and the Palestinians by themselves, we're not going to get anywhere — it can only happen if there is an American umbrella with a determined American president," he added.

"America is providing a new image of how things should be done and I think the world has a belief in the president," he said. source