奥巴马会晤内塔尼亚胡努力推动中东和平

U.S. President Barack Obama will attempt to break an impasse in the latest efforts to reach a final Middle East peace accord when he hosts Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House Monday.

Mr. Obama will try and convince Mr. Netanyahu to agree to a framework on a final round of negotiations that would lead to the creation of a Palestinian state existing side-by-side with Israel.  U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry launched a new round of peace talks last July, with the goal of reaching a final agreement by next month.  But the Obama administration revised the goal as the talks stalled

In an interview published Sunday by Bloomberg, the U.S. president warned that "time is running out" for Israel to reach a final accord with the Palestinians.  He said if the peace talks fail, the U.S. would be unable to defend Israel from a backlash on the international stage, including a growing threat of boycotts and diplomatic isolation.

But Mr. Netanyahu told reporters before his departure for Washington that Israel will continue to reject what he called the "various pressures" to reach a deal.

奥巴马总统将试图说服内塔尼亚胡同意接受最后一轮谈判的框架。这轮谈判将导致创建一个与以色列共存的巴勒斯坦国。

美国国务卿克里去年7月发起新一轮和谈，目标是在4月底以前达成最后协议。但是随着谈判陷入僵局，奥巴马政府修改了目标。

奥巴马总统星期天接受彭博新闻社采访时警告说，以色列和巴勒斯坦人达成最后协议的时间不多了。他说，如果和谈失败了，美国就无法保护以色列不在国际舞台上遭到反弹，这包括越来越多的抵制威胁和外交孤立。

但是内塔尼亚胡在启程前往华盛顿前对记者说，以色列将继续顶住他所说的要求达成协议的“各种压力。”