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Obama Acknowledges Plight of Palestinians in Jerusalem Speech

HeadlineMar 22, 2013

During his speech to Israeli students, President Obama touted U.S. investment in Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system and reiterated his support for Israel to “defend itself.” He also called for peace under a two-state solution and acknowledged the plight of Palestinians under Israeli occupation.

President Obama: “Put yourself in their [Palestinians’] shoes. Look at the world through their eyes. It is not fair that a Palestinian child cannot grow up in a state of their own, living their entire lives with the presence of a foreign army that controls the movements not just of those young people but their parents, their grandparents, every single day.”

President Obama also invoked the threat of a nuclear-armed Iran during his speech, repeating his past statement that “all options are on the table.”

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