AMMAN (middle east online.com) - The British government warned that any substitute for a two-state solution to help end the Palestinian-Israeli conflict would be ""horrifying.""
""We don't see any other peaceful solution but a two-state solution based on the 1967 borders, with the Palestinians and Israelis sharing Beit-ul-Moqaddas as capital,"" British government Middle East spokesman Jon Wilks told reporters in the Jordanian capital Amman.
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By JTA Staff SDEROT, Israel (JTA) - During his stops in Jordan and Israel, presidential contender Barack Obama stressed both his backing for tough Israeli security measures and his commitment to advancing the peace process.
In meetings with several Israeli leaders Wednesday, Obama reaffirmed his commitment
m Israelis I've met, they are impressed by the depth of his knowledge and understanding,” Foxman said of Obama. “I walk away feeling more comfortable with the words that I hear, that there is a deep understanding and sensitivity to the issues here.”

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - Jordan, Israel and Germany aren't normally known as swing states in a White House campaign. But Barack Obama's off to a fast start in his attempt to change that with an election-season tour designed to show him as a potential commander in chief, equally comfortable sitting down — presidential style — with kings and other foreign leaders.
"The objective of this trip was to have substantive discussions with people ... who I expect to be dealing with over the next eight to 10 years," he said recently, evidently looking beyond this fall's election to a second term in the White House.
arrived in Iraq, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki spoke warmly of Obama's campaign pledge of withdrawing combat troops over 16 months.

US presidential contender Barack Obama promised Tuesday during the first stop of his tour of the Middle East that if he becomes president,

by Katie Fretland During Sen. Barack Obama's remarks to the press today in Amman, Jordan, he meant to assert that the United States would continue to

US presidential candidate Barack Obama pledged on Tuesday to work relentlessly for peace between Israel and the Palestinians based on the ''two-state'' vision if elected president.
Addressing a press conference in Amman, the Democrat leader supported a ''phased withdrawal'' from Iraq, fielding more US troops in Afghanistan and putting pressure on Pakistan to play a more active role against terrorism.
oth the Democratic and Republican candidates, ''but what can make change is the ability of the president to be actively engaged'' in the Middle East peace process.

US: BARACK OBAMA has acknowledged that a surge in American troop numbers has improved security in Iraq but held firm to his plan to withdraw combat troops within 16 months, saying the United States should shift its focus to Afghanistan.
"There is security progress, but now we need a political solution," he told reporters in Jordan, during the first press conference of his week-long tour of the Middle East and Europe.
draw US troops from Iraq.