I told the President, I told Rahm Emanuel and others in the administration that I thought the policy they took to try to bring about negotiations is counter-productive, because when you give the Palestinians hope that the United States will do its negotiating for them, they are not going to sit down and talk.

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This quote implies that the speaker disagrees with the policy taken by the President and his administration regarding negotiations with the Palestinians. The speaker believes that providing Palestinians with the assurance that the United States will negotiate on their behalf hinders the peace process since it diminishes the Palestinians' incentive to engage in direct talks. The speaker argues that by taking this approach, the administration inadvertently undermines the potential for meaningful negotiations between the two parties.

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