US President Barack Obama (C) looks on as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas (R) shake hands before a trilateral meeting at the Waldorf Astoria in New York. Obama said Tuesday that final status talks on the creation of a Palestinian state "must begin soon" at a three-way summit designed to jolt stalled Middle East talks back to life. (AFP/Jim Watson). President Barack Obama sits with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, right, as they begin their trilateral meeting on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New...