Rick Perry accuses Barack Obama of betraying Israel over Palestinian bid [View All]

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Source: guardian.co.uk

The confrontation over the Palestinian bid to win recognition as a state at the United Nations shifted to the US presidential race when Rick Perry, the leading Republican contender, accused Barack Obama of appeasing terrorists and betraying Israel.

Perry, at a campaign rally in New York, launched a stinging attack on Obama's handing of the Israel-Palestinian conflict, accusing him of abandoning America's ally in favour of the "Arab street" in the Egyptian revolution, as diplomatic wrangling continued to try to head off a showdown in the UN security council over the Palestinian request for statehood.



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