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Obama urges enduring cease-fire for Gaza Strip

By Lara Jakes

Published August 6, 2014 11:54pm ET

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Obama urges enduring cease-fire for Gaza Strip — President Barack Obama during his news conference at US African Leaders Summit, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014 at the State Department in Washington. Obama and dozens of African leaders opened talks Wednesday on two key issues that threaten to disrupt economic progress on the continent: security and government corruption. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) | Pablo Martinez Monsivais

WASHINGTON (AP) — An enduring stability between Israel and Palestinians is not in the near future, and will require leaders on both sides of the generations-long dispute to take political risks for the sake of peace and prosperity, President Barack Obama said Wednesday.

But first, Obama said, a temporary cease-fire in place in the Gaza Strip must hold without being violated before it expires on Friday.

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