Augusta, GA 9/24/2010 - Anna Baltzer, lecturer, author an organizer, speaks about President Barack Obama audacity of hope for peace in the Middle East. President Obama used his spotlight moment on the world stage Thursday to promote the latest effort to achieve peace in the Middle East, telling the U.N. General Assembly that an agreement is possible within a year to create an independent Palestinian state and a secure Israel. - Update: Egyptian youth that led the revolution should negotiate with the youth of Israel and Palestine. Governments do not promote peace, they provoque crisis for profit and to keep power.