Obama: Netanyahu's election rhetoric complicated Palestinian peace process

President Obama
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President Obama says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's abrupt right turn ahead of last week's elections made it hard for the international community to "seriously believ[e] that negotiations are possible" to establish a peaceful Palestinian state.

"We take him at his word when he said that it wouldn't happen during his prime ministership," Obama said in an interview with The Huffington Post.

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Jon Terbush

Jon Terbush is an associate editor at TheWeek.com covering politics, sports, and other things he finds interesting. He has previously written for Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, and Business Insider.