(MSN News) 14 key American senators have written to President Obama urging him to issue a "strongly worded defense of Israel" when he addresses the UN General Assembly on Wednesday. "We are deeply disappointed that President Mahmoud Abbas appears determined to scorn your persistent efforts to persuade him to return to the negotiating table with Israel and instead seek unilateral diplomatic action in New York that will only set back the prospects for peace," the senators said.
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