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King Abdullah Calls on U.S. to Support Palestinian Rights

HeadlineMar 08, 2007

On Capitol Hill, King Abdullah of Jordan continued his visit to the U.S. Wednesday with an address before a joint session of Congress. Abdullah called on the U.S. to support Palestinian self-determination.

King Abdullah: “Sixty years of Palestinian dispossession, 40 years under occupation, a stop-and-go peace process — all this has left a bitter legacy of disappointment and despair on all sides. It is time to create a new and different legacy, one that begins right now.”

King Adbullah says the U.S. should back the Saudi peace plan advanced by the Arab states. The proposal calls for recognition of Israel in return for a full Israeli withdrawal from the Occupied Territories.

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