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September 6, 2011

Obama's Misguided UN Appeal to Abbas

Jonathan Tobin, Commentary Magazine

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Rather than the U.S. seeking to bribe the Palestinians, it is Abbas who should be the supplicant.

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TAGGED: Barack Obama, Mahmoud Abbas, Palestine, Israel

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