Photo-Op for Peace?

" World leaders are making their way to New York City for the annual meeting of the United Nations General Assembly. Lots of issues expected to be brought up one topics have to generate a lot of buzz for certain. The summit between President Obama Israeli prime minister Netanyahu and Palestinian President Abbas. That meeting set to take place tomorrow. Mike Tobin is live in Jerusalem with more on this story Mike no one's expecting much from this three way meeting one."

" You know John it all comes with the backdrop of what the Israeli press has characterized as the resounding failure. Of the White House to extract a settlement freeze out of the Netanyahu government. Or to extract a promise from the Arab states to take even tentative steps. Toward normalized relations with Israel in exchange for concessions. So therefore the Netanyahu government is promising to -- not a bit particularly as it relates to block construction of Israeli settlements in the West Bank in fact. The media adviser for the prime minister near half as was quoted on Army Radio today. As saying you have never heard the prime minister say he will freeze settlements the opposite is true I'm giving T that you word for word. And you can easily be interpreted as a slap in the face to US president ahead of this freeway meeting John. -- has the Palestinian president gotten any benefit from the support for President Obama. It got the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas goes into this meeting looking very weak. He jumped on the bandwagon with President Obama calling for the Israeli settlement freeze. In fact he said he would not attend this meeting if there was not an Israeli settlement freeze the Israelis are building more in the West Bank. He is it constituents in the different Palestinian factions have called on President Abbas to snub this meeting now he isn't a position where he. Absolutely must come away from this meeting with something concrete. That he can showed the Palestinian public or Hamas by contrast comes away with a PR bonanza. Hamas gains the ability then to say look what happens when you choose the moderate path. Look what happens when you follow the west you get nothing goal violent go Hamas. Mike Tobin reporting live from our mideast bureau Mike thank you."