(ISRIA) UN Ambassador Susan E. Rice - UN Ambassador Susan E. Rice told the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations on Wednesday: At the UN, "all countries come in for knocks every now and again, including, if not especially, our own. But what Israel faces daily at the UN is something entirely different. As Ambassador Prosor can attest, it's relentless. It's obsessive. It's ugly. It's bad for the UN. It's bad for peace. And it must stop." "There is no substitute for direct, face-to-face negotiations. The goal remains a lasting peace: two states for two peoples, Israel as a Jewish state and the homeland for the Jewish people, and the state of Palestine as the homeland for the Palestinian people, each state enjoying self-determination, mutual recognition, and peace. That is the only path to Israel's decades-long quest for security and the only path to fulfilling the Palestinian people's legitimate aspirations. And that is why we have stood firm on principle as the Palestinians sought UN membership prematurely."
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