The National Interreligious Leadership Initiative for Peace in the Middle East (NILI) is asking President Barack Obama to renew his commitment of helping to establish peace in the Middle East. NILI sent a letter to Obama in January seeking urgent U.S. diplomacy, in cooperation with Egypt and other parties, to help find a solution to the problem through a two-state solution.
"Building on a ceasefire agreement, the United States should insist that Israel fulfill its commitment to dismantle illegal outposts in the West Bank and halt all expansion of settlements," states the NILI letter, which is co-signed by General Minister and President Sharon Watkins. "On the Palestinian side, the United States should support efforts to form a Palestinian government capable of representing the West Bank and Gaza and committed to rejecting violence and negotiating a two-state solution with Israel." To read the entire letter, go to: www.nili-mideastpeace.org/downloads/2009_01_PresObamaLetter.pdf
