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Obama, Europeans press Palestinians to drop UN bid

UNITED NATIONS — Furi­ously scram­bling to head off a U.N. show­down, the United States warned world lead­ers Wednes­day that try­ing to cre­ate a Pales­tin­ian nation by sim­ple decree instead of through hard nego­ti­a­tions was bound to fail as a short­cut to peace with Israel. Euro­peans worked to defuse the dis­pute, too, France urg­ing new talks within a month. Unde­terred, Pales­tin­ian Pres­i­dent Mah­moud Abbas pressed toward a for­mal bid for U.N. recog­ni­tion that could bring the issue to a head on Friday.

Sep 21 2011 | Posted in AP News | Read More »

Palestinians to seek UN membership

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UNITED NATIONS — Pales­tin­ian Pres­i­dent Mah­moud Abbas is press­ing ahead Tues­day with his diplo­matic cam­paign to gain full U.N. mem­ber­ship, as the divi­sive issue of Pales­tin­ian state­hood takes cen­ter stage ahead of the open­ing of the U.N. Gen­eral Assem­bly session.

Sep 20 2011 | Posted in AP News | Read More »

Obama: ‘67 borders reflect longstanding policy

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WASHINGTON — Pres­i­dent Barack Obama defended his endorse­ment of Israel’s 1967 bound­aries as the basis for a future Pales­tine, telling America’s pro-Israel lobby Sun­day that his views reflected long­stand­ing U.S. pol­icy that needed to be stated clearly.

May 22 2011 | Posted in AP News | Read More »

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