Erekat: PA disappointed by Obama speech
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Published yesterday (updated) 05/03/2012 20:12

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- PLO official Saeb Erekat said Monday that the
Palestinian Authority was disappointed with US President Barack Obama's
recent speech at an AIPAC conference.

"This speech is part of Obama’s election campaign," Erekat told Ma'an.

"Unfortunately, the speech ignored the requirements for peace as it did not
touch on urging Israel to accept the two-state solution, halt settlement
activities, and stop imposing facts on the ground."

Erekat said the speech at AIPAC's policy conference in Washington on Sunday
showed "unprecedented support" to Israel, and the PLO official urged Arab
nations to give priority to Arab interests just as the US supported their
own interests abroad.

Yousef Munayyer, executive director of the Jerusalem Fund and Palestine
Center in the United States, said on Sunday that Netanyahu was pressuring
the US president into "a position where Obama's reelection interests clash
with American national interests," the Institute for Middle East
Understanding reported.