"If Madoff acted alone, it would all end right now. There is no way this kind of operation could have taken place all by himself."

VOA: standard.2009.03.12

(RECORDING) Erekat said President Abbas will tell Mitchell that if the United States does not succeed in convincing Israel to stop the settlement expansion, it will - in Erekat's words mean that no one in the Arab world will believe that Mr.Obama can ultimately convince Israel to end its occupation of the West Bank.

VOA: standard.2009.09.14