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"he stormed out of a Davos panel discussion after snarling at Israeli President Shimon Peres: 'You know very well how to kill.'"

"direct negotiations between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and Mr. Abbas lasted a mere two weeks in September 2010"

"He has praised Hamas as 'resistance fighters who are struggling to defend their land'"

"The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas... cut millions of dollars in aid to the Palestinian Authority if it presses for a U.N. vote"

"quoting Israel's ambassador to Turkey, Gabby Levy, on his assessment of Erdogan"

"Erdogan has often called President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad 'my good friend'"

"Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu"

"The U.S. ambassador is one of the great protagonists... Ryan Crocker"

"Mr. Obama in particular needs to show firmer leadership in pressing Mr. Netanyahu and Mr. Abbas to resume talks"

"Mr. Obama in particular needs to show firmer leadership in pressing Mr. Netanyahu and Mr. Abbas to resume talks"

"Davutoglu has begun publicly calling for Syria's embattled dictator, Bashar al-Assad, to step down"

"was coaxed back into service by Obama and Petraeus"

"was coaxed back into service by Obama and Petraeus"

"endless, painstaking parleys with prickly, unpredictable characters such as Nouri al-Maliki"

"endless, painstaking parleys with prickly, unpredictable characters such as Nouri al-Maliki and Hamid Karzai"

"Jean-Claude Trichet, the president of the European Central Bank"