Obama and Israel's pre-1967 Borders

[GISG]

This isn't about borders, two states, one state, rights or any such thing. This is about Israel's enemies wanting, planning and working towards her destruction. I hope Netanyahu doesn't lose his resolve. He's suppose to address a joint session of congress, I can't wait to hear him speak.

At least Boenher won't keep a head of state of waiting and will treat Netanyahu with the respect he deserves, unlike BO did to this man earlier.

What BO has done is beyond the pale. He may just have shot himself in his fund raising foot...for that I'd be grateful.

[Sam]

Today Glenn Beck said that President Obama "officially destroyed our last ally."

Glenn Beck also said,
This is not about Israel
It is about
1. Good and Evil
2. Does a Race of People have a right to live?
3. Can you trust or reward certain ....(word missed) who answers No to question 2?
4. Then why are we?

[Sam]

On the 6:00 pm (EDT) news on Fox

Disapproval of President's handling of Middle East Conflict
Israeli Jews 64 percent
Israeli Arabs 67 percent
this was from a poll taken in March or April 2011

"This proposal (1967 borders) is a slap in the face of our friend and democracy's only ally in the Middle East" Sen Jim Inhofe(R. OK)

"The 1967 lines... are both indefensible and would leave major Israeli population centers in Judea and Samaria beyond these lines" Benjamin Netanyahu

"Netanyahu will also express his disappointment over the Palestinian Authority's decision to embrace Hamas, a terror organization committed to Israel's destruction as well as Abbas's expressed views which grossly distort history and make clear that Abbas seeks a Palestinian state in order to continue the conflict with Israel rather than end it."

Charles Krauthammer stated that the US and Israel have a written agreement from 2005 that the US would not ask Israel to go to 1967 borders.

[GISG]

Abbas slams Obama for saying Jerusalem to stay Israel's undivided capital
After Obama speech to AIPAC, Abbas says Palestinians won't accept state without capital in Jerusalem.
By Haaretz Service and News Agencies

In his first foreign policy speech since clinching the Democratic nomination in the U.S. presidential race Tuesday, Barack Obama asssured the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Wednesday that he would not allow Iran to acquire nuclear arms, and that Jerusalem would remain the undivided capital of Israel.

"Let me be clear," Obama said, "Israel's security is sacrosanct. It is non-negotiable. The Palestinians need a state that is contiguous and cohesive and that allows them to prosper. But any agreement with the Palestinian people must preserve Israel's identity as a Jewish state, with secure, recognized and defensible borders. Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel, and it must remain undivided," he added, in efforts to secure the Jewish vote.

So much for that.
Of course with the likes of using a CNN reporter as a foreign policy advisor, what can be expected from this enept president?

[Sam]

The text of the President's speech can be seen at
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011...#ixzz1MpHn8Is8

[scotty]

But I thought Jeruselum was outside the 1967 borders ?

[coadie]

In a few months the UN wants to vote on whether to take the land from Israel and create and independent state. Would we react if the UN told us to give California, Arizona and Texas to mexico so that the drug wars would for ever stop?

What if Netanyaho told us to move our borders?

[Light]

Originally Posted by scotty

But I thought Jeruselum was outside the 1967 borders ?

Scotty facts do not matter here!

[scotty]

Originally Posted by Light

Scotty facts do not matter here!

This isnt a political discussion Light, we may disagree on those views , but this is about the security of Israel. Please explain your statement.

[Pressing-On]

Obama is saying something that is not true, again.

Originally Posted by Sam

4. he wants the borders to be based on Israel's borders prior to the 1967 war.

Originally Posted by Jermyn Davidson

Point # 4 really makes me angry.

While thanking Obama for his commitment to peace, Netanyahu said he “expects to hear from President Obama a reconfirmation of commitments to Israel from 2004 that received wide support in both houses of Congress.” This was a reference to a letter from president George W. Bush to prime minister Ariel Sharon that did not call for a return to the 1967 lines, and that recognized that any agreement would take into account the changed realities on the ground – a line interpreted by Israel to mean a recognition that it would hold on to the large settlement blocs.

The Bush commitments, said Netanyahu, “deal with Israel not being asked to withdraw to the 1967 lines, which are not defensible, and which place large population centers in Judea and Samaria outside of these borders.”

http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPol...aspx?id=221447