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Obama's 'undivided' Jerusalem talk draws fire amid Bush-Olmert meet
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama provoked a flurry of reaction Wednesday by touting Jerusalem as the 'undivided' capital of Israel, going further than the current administration of President George W Bush who was holding talks with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert at the White House. Obama, speaking before an Israeli lobby group in Washington, said any future Palestinian state must be 'contiguous and cohesive' but rejected East Jerusalem as the capital of that state. 'Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel, and it must remain undivided,' Obama told the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), one day after clinching the Democratic Party's nomination for president. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas criticized the remarks later Wednesday. He said there would be no peaceful solution to the Middle East conflict without a resolution of the status of Jerusalem, which both sides claim as their capital. Posted by: Fred 2008-06-05 |
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