Obama: Palestinians won't gain independence by denying Israel's existence

"For the Palestinians, efforts to delegitimize Israel will end in failure. Symbolic actions to isolate Israel at the United Nations in September won’t create an independent state," US President Barak Obama said during his speech on Thursday. 

"Palestinian leaders will not achieve peace or prosperity if Hamas insists on a path of terror and rejection. And Palestinians will never realize their independence by denying the right of Israel to exist,' he added. (Yitzhak Benhorin, Washington)