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Source: http://www.politico.com/politico44/2013/01/obama-v-israel-contd-154245.html
White House Won't Confirm or Deny Quotes Attributed to President
(Politico) Donovan Slack - The White House is not denying a report that President Obama repeatedly said that "Israel doesn't know what its own best interests are." The comment, reported by columnist Jeffrey Goldberg on Monday, came after the administration of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced it would advance plans for settlements in the West Bank following recognition by the UN in November of the Palestinan Authority as an observer "state."