Ahead of Upcoming Palestinian U.N. Vote, Obama to meet with Netanyahu and Abbas

September 21, 2011 by John Lyman

President Obama is scheduled to meet with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday in New York in a continuing bid to dissuade him from pressing ahead with U.N. recognition for a Palestinian state later in the week at the United Nations.  Obama is already scheduled to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss the historic vote. However, the vote could be delayed for weeks, according to reporting by Haaretz, an Israeli newspaper.

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