Obama says U.S. backs Palestinian statehood

Mon May 18, 2009 11:34pm BST
 
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, after an Oval Office meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said on Monday the United States was committed to a two-state solution to the Middle East conflict.

Netanyahu told reporters Palestinians should govern themselves but made no mention of a separate state.

(Reporting by Matt Spetalnick, Editing by Sandra Maler)

 

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