Monday, September 12, 2011

Obama: Palestinian UN bid a 'distraction'

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WASHINGTON — US President Barack Obama said on Monday that a Palestinian bid for recognition next week at the United Nations was a "distraction" and would not result in viable statehood.

In a roundtable with Hispanic journalists, Obama also said that Israel would "hurt itself" if it retaliated to any such action by withdrawing resources that in any way harmed Palestinian self-policing efforts.

The United States has already threatened to veto any bid for full recognition by the Palestinians in the UN Security Council, a step that is expected at the UN General Assembly next week in New York.

Obama said the Palestinian tactics were "a distraction" and did not solve the problem of statehood....READ MORE

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