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Netanyahu lectures Obama in Oval Office
Yahoo ^ | 5/20/11 | Stephen Collinson - AFP

Posted on 05/20/2011 7:56:55 PM PDT by NormsRevenge

WASHINGTON (AFP) – Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu lectured President Barack Obama in his own office, warning him not to chase "illusions" of Middle East peace and opening a deep rift in US-Israel ties.

In a dramatic Oval Office appearance on Friday, after 90 minutes of talks, Prime Minister Netanyahu emphatically vowed Israel would never return to its 1967 borders and laid down a set of non-negotiable conditions for peace talks.

The exchange, which left hopes for Obama's peace drive more remote than ever, came a day after the US president called on Israel to accept a return to territorial lines in place before the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, with mutual land swaps with Palestinians .. .

But Netanyahu seized on the notion that he was being asked to return solely to Israel's 1967 footprint, which he said was nine miles wide in places and half the size of the "Beltway" highway surrounding Washington.

"While Israel is prepared to make generous compromises for peace, it cannot go back to the 1967 lines -- because these lines are indefensible," Netanyahu said, looking Obama squarely in the eye.

Israelis argue that returning to the former border configuration would leave Israeli population centers vulnerable and mean uprooting hundreds of thousands of settlers from homes in the West Bank and east Jerusalem.

Netanyahu did not however mention the second part of Obama's stipulation -- namely that land swaps between Israel and the Palestinians, would change those 1967 lines to ensure two secure, contiguous states.

The White House insisted that it had never said that Israel should return to a narrow definition of its 1967 territorial lines.

Asked whether Netanyahu was willfully misinterpreting Obama's remarks, White House spokesman Jay Carney said such an observation was "interesting."

Privately, White House officials appeared infuriated by Netanyahu's combative approach, ..

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; Israel; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: antisemitic; coward; israel; lectures; netanyahu; obama; ovaloffice; punkprez; wot
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To: Deo volente

Bozo looks stoned


61 posted on 05/21/2011 3:37:41 AM PDT by hattend (Obama is better than OJ... He found a killer while on the golf course.)
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To: NormsRevenge

62 posted on 05/21/2011 4:56:54 AM PDT by Diogenesis ( Vi veri veniversum vivus vici)
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To: NormsRevenge

To Perdition with Obama. Anything else I have to say will get my post deleted.


63 posted on 05/21/2011 5:33:30 AM PDT by Clara Lou
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To: FreedomPoster

Bibi was hot. The other guy looks like he should be sellin’ on a street corner.


64 posted on 05/21/2011 7:18:41 AM PDT by madison10
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To: NormsRevenge

Who is your daddy, Bambi? Little punk.


65 posted on 05/21/2011 7:25:58 AM PDT by Force of Truth (You don't have to be smart or be good even. If you want my vote, you just have to be CHEAP.)
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To: NormsRevenge

“Netanyahu did not however mention the second part of Obama’s stipulation — namely that land swaps between Israel and the Palestinians, would change those 1967 lines to ensure two secure, contiguous states.”

No opinion here from the Obama flunky who wrote this.


66 posted on 05/21/2011 7:44:58 AM PDT by Luke21
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To: NormsRevenge

I meant pre-1967 in dog years..

LOL!


67 posted on 05/21/2011 7:57:28 AM PDT by sergeantdave (The democrat party is a seditious organization that must be outlawed)
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To: NormsRevenge

Surely, MOSSAD, or any other Israeli intel element, has some dirt on that dumbass. It would be soooo nice to see them start leaking all sorts of crazy stuff and annihilate this ridiculous excuse for an administration.


68 posted on 05/21/2011 7:59:41 AM PDT by qaz123
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To: NormsRevenge

Nice to know that Yahoonews also likes to disguise editorials as news. Also nice to know that there are only Jewish settlers, and that even residents of Jerusalem are called “settlers”. And my, my. Both the putative Palestinian state and Israel will be “contiguous,” so I guess Eilat will be part of a Palestinian state, and so much for shipping via the Indian Ocean, since the Arab Spring in Egypt has pretty much put paid to our ever using the Suez Canal. We’ll be securely starved out.


69 posted on 05/21/2011 11:41:43 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (End the occupation. Annex today.)
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To: Jeff Chandler
“The borders of Israel and Palestine should be based on the 1967 lines with mutually agreed swaps, so that secure and recognized borders are established for both states.” - Barry Obomba 5/19/11

So, is the White House now trying to blame Bibi for Obomba’s gaffe? At this point, Israel needs to consider this administration their enemy, which hurts me to write.

70 posted on 05/21/2011 12:50:30 PM PDT by Carling (Obama: Inexperienced and incompetent, yet ego maniacal. God help us all.)
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To: NormsRevenge
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71 posted on 05/21/2011 1:02:49 PM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: Carling
At this point, Israel needs to consider this administration their enemy, which hurts me to write.

They have been from the start. Listen to the rhetoric coming from the Left. Ever since September 11, 2001 the jihadists have been the Left's Best Friends Forever. I'm surprised that anybody is surprised.

72 posted on 05/21/2011 4:02:08 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Just once I'd like someone to call me 'Sir' without adding 'You're making a scene.' - Homer Simpson)
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To: NormsRevenge

Obama shot his “I” out with a Bibi gun.


73 posted on 05/21/2011 6:06:53 PM PDT by Jo Nuvark (Those who bless Israel will be blessed, those who curse Israel will be cursed. Gen 12:3)
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To: EGPWS
Obama is stoned in that photo or having an out of body experience on planet Uranus
74 posted on 05/21/2011 6:16:17 PM PDT by dennisw (NZT - "works better if you're already smart")
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To: NormsRevenge

Schooled ‘im!


75 posted on 05/21/2011 8:08:46 PM PDT by Jeff Winston
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To: NormsRevenge
[Art.] Privately, White House officials appeared infuriated by Netanyahu's combative approach, .......

Damn those Izzies! How dare they insult the President by fighting for their lives .....!

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Nummnutz.

76 posted on 05/21/2011 9:59:04 PM PDT by lentulusgracchus (Concealed carry is a pro-life position.)
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To: FreedomPoster

Is that a J in Obozo’s hand in that pic?


77 posted on 05/21/2011 10:03:13 PM PDT by lentulusgracchus (Concealed carry is a pro-life position.)
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To: FreedomPoster

Spot on contrast! Best post of the week. :)


78 posted on 05/21/2011 10:05:47 PM PDT by Freedom56v2 ("If you think healthcare is expensive now, wait till it is free"--PJ O'rourke)
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To: madison10
Bibi was hot. The other guy looks like he should be sellin’ on a street corner.

Saw a photo of him at some "shovel-ready" ribbon-cutting, he had a shovel in his hand and was wearing work shoes and blue bib overalls and was lifting a shovel-load. I swear he looked like a full-timer.

79 posted on 05/21/2011 10:13:00 PM PDT by lentulusgracchus (Concealed carry is a pro-life position.)
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To: rcrngroup; pepsionice
[pepsi] There’s only three worldly leaders that will counter the President with a five-star performance: Netanyahu, the Chinese Premier, and Putin. It’s best to limit them to fifteen minutes with the President because that’s likely all he can take.

Thank God it was the friend who did it. When Khruschev pulled off a similar coup against an ill-prepared Jack Kennedy in early 1961, we nearly found ourselves in a shooting war 18 months later.

80 posted on 05/21/2011 10:18:09 PM PDT by lentulusgracchus (Concealed carry is a pro-life position.)
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