Sharm El-Sheik, Egypt (AP) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the Obama administration is pushing for peace between Israelis and Palestinians. At an international donors conference she called for urgent action to forge a comprehensive Arab-Israeli peace.
"We cannot afford more setbacks or delays - or regrets about what might have been, had a different decisions been made," she said in apparent reference to the failure of previous peace initiatives including those pushed vigorously by her husband's administration.
Clinton is scheduled to travel to Jeruselem and the West Bank this week to spreek with government officials from both Israel and Palestine. She has pledged $900 million to the international aid effort for the Gaza Strip. Clinton spokesman, Robert A. Wood said that it included $300 million in humanitarian aid and about $600 million in budget and development aid to the Palestinian Authority.
The Obama administration is casting its Gaza and Palestinian Authority contributions to make sure it does not reach Hamas, the Islamist movement that rules Gaza and is viewed as a terrorist organization by Washington.
"It is time to look ahead," she said. "The United States in committed to a comprehensive peace between Israel and its Arab neighbors, and we will pursue it on many fronts."
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