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Barack Obama: “We believe that both Prime Minister Netanyahu and Israeli elected officials and President Abbas and other people in…”

On the recordOctober 15, 2015
We believe that both Prime Minister Netanyahu and Israeli elected officials and President Abbas and other people in positions of power need to try to tamp down rhetoric that may feed violence.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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The President's News Conference With President Park Geun-hye of South Korea

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