Reactions to Obama's stand on Israel:The President's reference to Israel's 1967 borders marks a step back in the peace process, as the U.S. must not predetermine the outcome of direct negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians.
~ U.S Senator Marco Rubio (Republican)
Today's endorsement by President Barack Obama of the creation of a Hamas-led Palestinian state based on the pre-1967 borders signals the most egregious foreign policy decision his administration has made to date.
~U.S. Congressman Allen West (Republican)
Israel cannot be expected to make any territorial concessions that do not acknowledge the reality on the ground. The 1967 borders are indefensible.
~U.S. Congressman Ted Deutch (Democrat)
I don't think Obama's plan was a big hit with the Jewish community. I had some calls and they are not favorable.
~State Rep. Irv Slosberg (Democrat)
While Israel is prepared to make generous compromises for peace, it cannot go back to the 1967 lines.
~Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu
Did a million Jews turn Republican today?
~Stony Brook political scientist Matthew Lebo
And what President Obama said:
We believe the borders of Israel and Palestine should be based on the 1967 lines with mutually agreed "swaps" of land.
~President Barack Obama
Read what The American Thinker has to say.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/adls-abraham-foxman-obama-didnt-throw-israel-under-the-bus/2011/03/03/AFV3Rv7G_blog.html
ReplyDeletehttp://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC06.php?CID=1632
and more:
http://www.theatlantic.com/jeffrey-goldberg/