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Obama Tells '60 Minutes' He Made Decision to Abstain on UN Israel Vote
Sunday, January 15, 2017 07:47 PM
By: By VIVIAN SALAMA
The increase of Israeli settlements has "gotten so substantial" that it is inhibiting the possibility for an "effective, contiguous Palestinian state," President Barack Obama said Sunday, in his final interview as president.
Speaking to CBS' "60 Minutes," Obama dismissed the idea that there is a "major rupture" in the relationship between the United States and Israel after last month's decision by the U.S. to abstain from a United Nations vote condemning Israeli settlements.
He said it was he who made the decision for the United States to cast the controversial decision to abstain from the U.N. Security Council vote just before Christmas.
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