Posted on 05/22/2011 3:57:22 PM PDT by NWFLConservative
WASHINGTON -- Claiming his remarks earlier this week on borders for Israel and a future Palestinian state had been misrepresented, President Obama said Sunday that "1967 lines with mutually agreed swaps" means the two sides will "negotiate a border that is different than the one that existed on June 4, 1967."
In remarks Sunday to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the president tried to explain his earlier position to a warm but occasionally tentative crowd by saying that his speech Thursday at the State Department didn't offer anything new or provocative in the way of peace negotiations.
"There was nothing particularly original in my proposal; this basic framework for negotiations has long been the basis for discussions among the parties, including previous U.S. administrations," he said
"What I did on Thursday was to say publicly what has long been acknowledged privately," he added, saying his remarks were no different than a "well-known formula" that has been worked on for a generation.
"It allows the parties themselves to account for the changes that have taken place over the last 44 years, including the new demographic realities on the ground and the needs of both sides. The ultimate goal is two states for two peoples. Israel as a Jewish state and the homeland for the Jewish people, and the state of Palestine as the homeland for the Palestinian people; each state enjoying self-determination, mutual recognition, and peace," he said.
Since Thursday, tensions between the U.S. and Israel have been sharper than ever. The remarks -- in which the president said he wants Israel and the Palestinians to negotiate a land deal that starts with the 1967 borders -- received considerable criticism, including a public dressing down by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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You are so pathetically transparent and weak you are utterly downright EMBARRASING.
Lest we forget, Hillary is just as bad a Jew hater as Obama. At least he has the excuse that he’s a Muslim.
Two-faced Weasel. Always leaves the back door open.
Draw a map of the Golan, West Bank and Gaza all attached and see what Israel looks like after.
Obama IS A muslim hell bent on destroying Israel .
No doubt in my mind anymore.
If we do go back to 1967 borders does that not mean Jordan gets the West Bank? If so I highly doubt they will annex that valuable land to a terrorist organization.
Cue the photo of Hillary’s lesbo spit-swap with the Arafat whore.
Preconditions! Israel gives. Palestinians give NOTHING!
They already tried numerous times with the “land for peace” schtick with the Islamderthals.
Their reward was over 5000 rockets fired from the gaza strip at Israeli civilian targets.
That’s what you get when you let Bill Ayers, Jeremiah Wright, Louis Farrakhan and Moochelle team up to write speeches for you.
Commies hate Israel as much as muzzies do.
In the world today, commies and muzzies have formed a perfect allegiance of convenience (like the muzzies and nazies of yesteryear).
You have to admire Bibi's diplomacy: Bitch-slapping Obozo all over the Oval Office for 10 minutes and Obozo didn't even wake up once. Too bad Bibi – who graduated from MIT AND Harvard -- isn’t a natural born citizen and can’t run here. Oh wait.
never mind
nazis
The only thing that a radical, street-thug, community organizer can do, is to pull out his worn-out Alinsky play book:
What do we want?
Middle East Peace!
When do we want it?
NOW!
What do we want?
Middle East Peace!
When do we want it?
NOW!
What do we want?
Middle East Peace!
When do we want it?
NOW!
He can’t help it. Take a complex problem, toss aside the facts, “freeze out” your opposition, and chant. Once again, when he met with Bibi, Barry highlights the fact that he is the least experienced, and least knowledgeable person in the room at any meeting he attends on any topic, except maybe street-wise community rabble-rousing.
Israel should not give up one square inch of their land.
Isn’t it odd that this has already been posted?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2723438/posts
Almost as if somebody didn’t search first.
Crazy, isn’t it?
The Muzz could have had the 1967 borders but that wasn’t good enough. They had to attack Israel, get their asses whipped, and lose territory. They also could have had a better deal years ago with the Oslo Accords which Arafart rejected in favor of continued attacks against Israel.
So then, what exactly did you mean by “contiguous” borders Obama?
“We plan to eliminate the state of Israel and establish a purely Palestinian state. We will make life unbearable for Jews by psychological warfare and population explosion. . . . We Palestinians will take over everything, including all of Jerusalem.” — Yassir Arafat
By “contiguous” borders, zer0 is meaning formulation of Israel North and Israel South.
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