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September 21, 2011


Obama to U.N.: Consider Israel's security


NEW YORK (JTA) -- President Obama appealed to the United Nations to recognize Israel’s security concerns in considering the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

“We believe that any lasting peace must acknowledge the very real security concerns that Israel faces every single day,” Obama said in his address Wednesday to the General Assembly plenary. >> Full story

Read the full text of Obama's remarks on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Follow the developments at the United Nations on JTA's Capital J blog.