As the United States attempts to quash the statehood bid, Palestinian leaders are using President Obama’s own words in a public effort to drum up support for their campaign. A radio ad sponsored by the Palestinian Authority quotes President Obama’s support for Palestinian statehood in a speech before the U.N. General Assembly last year.

President Obama: “When we come back here next year, we can have an agreement that will lead to a new member of the United Nations, an independent, sovereign state of Palestine living in peace with Israel.”

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is then heard in the ad saying, “If [President Obama] said it, he must have meant it.”