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Source: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-palestinians-israel-fayyadbre8470wm-20120508,0,3679132.story

Fayyad: Palestinians Isolated and Short of Funds

(Reuters-Chicago Tribune) Michael Stott and Samia Nakhoul - Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said on Tuesday the Palestinians may have "lost the argument" on the international stage for an independent state. He said the Palestinians had failed to galvanize a distracted world behind their cause. Arab unrest, the U.S. presidential elections and financial crises in Europe had combined to knock the Palestinian issue off the global agenda. Fayyad said Palestinians must get their own house in order before they could hope for independence and he called for elections that have long been delayed. "A basic right of our people is being violated. The right of being able to choose our leadership," he said. Fayyad added that he was convinced that independence would be achieved within ten years.

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