September 21, 2011
AN UNSQUARABLE CIRCLE:
Palestinian statehood resolution presents Obama with vexing diplomatic challenge (Scott Wilson, September 20, 2011, Washington Post)
As he returns Wednesday to address the General Assembly, Obama is facing a vexing diplomatic challenge: to explain how his hopes of last year square with his opposition this year to a Palestinian bid for statehood.Obama will specifically address, his advisers say, the lack of progress in resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, an issue he made a priority on taking office. Obama will seek to draw a distinction between his support for Palestinian statehood and his opposition to pursuing that goal through the United Nations.
The matter is before the UN because we keep denying the Palestinians exactly what we claim to want for them.
Posted by oj at September 21, 2011 7:27 AM
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