President Obama Tells Palestinians They Deserve an End to Occupation
President Obama visited the West Bank Thursday to meet with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas.
Obama said the US supports a sovereign Palestinian state, and that the Palestinian people deserve an end to occupation.
Anchor Marco Werman discusses the President’s Middle East trip with The World’s Matthew Bell in Jerusalem.
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