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May 26, 2011

Obama Presses Rejection of Palestinian Statehood Campaign 
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President Obama continues to push his objection to a Palestinian effort
for statehood recognition at the United Nations. Speaking in Britain,
Obama called the recognition campaign "a mistake."

President Obama: "The United Nations can achieve a lot of important
work. What the United Nations is not going to be able to do is deliver a
Palestinian state. The only way that we're going to see a Palestinian
state is if Israelis and Palestinians agree on a just peace. And so, I
strongly believe that for the Palestinians to take the United Nations
route, rather than the path of sitting down and talking with the
Israelis, is a mistake."

Obama made the comments in a joint news conference with British Prime
Minister David Cameron, who refused to endorse the U.S. objection to the
Palestinian effort.



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