JERUSALEM (AP) — President Barack Obama is calling on Israel to reverse what he says is an “undertow of isolation.”In a speech Thursday in Jerusalem to scores of university students, Obama says peace in the Middle East is necessary because it is the only true path to security. He says the only way for Israel to endure and thrive in the region as a Jewish and democratic state is through the realization of an independent and viable Palestine.
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