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Old 05-20-2011, 02:14 PM
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Re: Obama and Israel's pre-1967 Borders

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Originally Posted by scotty View Post
But I thought Jeruselum was outside the 1967 borders ?
Jerusalem was divided into two cities: East Jerusalem under Arab control, and West Jerusalem under Israeli control. During the Six-Day War Israel reunited the two halves of the city into a unified Jerusalem and since have declared they will never allow the city to be divided again. To revert back to the 1967 borders would mean to go back to a divided city.
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