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'Palestinians' using Obama in ad promoting UDI

Isn't this just great? The 'Palestinians' are using the Moron-in-Chief in an ad promoting their unilateral declaration of independence.

US President Barack Obama is an unlikely participant in a Palestinian campaign to drum up support for a bid to win UN recognition of their statehood -- a diplomatic move opposed by both his administration and Israel.

But as part of an official media campaign begun this week, Palestinians have pulled from the archive some words spoken by Obama during the 2010 UN General Assembly, in which he alluded to the prospect of a Palestinian state joining the world body.

"When we come back here next year, we can have an agreement that can lead to a new member of the United Nations, an independent, sovereign state of Palestine living in peace with Israel," Obama says in his 2010 speech.

Let's go to the videotape.

Although described by US officials as no more than an expression of hope, the Obama remarks are one factor cited by Palestinians when explaining their push for UN membership at this year's General Assembly, due to convene in a few weeks.

"If he said it, he must have meant it," Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says during a 36-second radio spot.

And the President of the United States is in such great company.

The US president's words are being used alongside excerpts of speeches by the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat as part of the campaign. Verses penned by Mahmoud Darwish, the national poet who died in 2008, are also featured.

What could go wrong?

Labels: Barack Hussein Obama, Palestinian state RIGHT NOW syndrome, Unilateral declaration of independence (UDI)

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 7:51 AM