Posted on 06/10/2011 4:01:36 PM PDT by jazusamo
The White House is pressing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to publicly adopt President Obamas view that Israels pre-1967 border should be the basis for future peace talks.
The Obama White House appealed to Jewish leaders on Friday that the request of Israel was part of an effort to head off Palestinian plans to declare an independent state at the United Nations in September.
The request of Mr. Netanyahu was made Monday to the prime ministers top peace negotiator, Yitzhak Molcho at a meeting with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the National Security Council, according to an Israeli diplomat based in Jerusalem.
The diplomatic effort shows Mr. Obama is working to restart stalled negotiations on the creation of a Palestinian state, as many close U.S. counterterrorism allies in the region fall to the recent wave of revolutionary unrest called the Arab Spring.
Israeli press reports on Monday stated that Palestinian negotiator, Saeb Erekat, met with Mr. Molcho this week. Mr. Erekat publicly denied those reports on Tuesday to the Palestine News and Information Agency.
Steven Simon, the new White House National Security Council senior director for the Middle East and North Africa, told representatives of the Jewish Community Friday during a conference call that the White House was looking to get both the Palestinian Authority and the Israeli government to adopt Mr. Obamas principles as a basis for negotiation, according to a recording of the call played for the Washington Times.
Mr. Obamas position is the borders of Israel and Palestine should be based on the 1967 lines with mutually agreed swaps.
Mr. Simon, who served as the Clinton White Houses top counter-terrorism official, said the United States had about a month to head off the Palestinian plan to declare a state during the annual United Nations General Assembly...
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That (false) 'peace agreement' will be forced on the Jewish nation. It won't really be brokered in the sense of the Jews willingly accepting the terms. The AC's covenant may be 'do it or else'...
Interesting that Sparky is obviously trying to force this issue. He's shaking his widdle fists at the Lord Almighty. Pray for our nation.
"And it shall happen in that day that I will make Jerusalem a very heavy stone for all peoples; all who would heave it away will surely be cut in pieces, though all nations of the earth are gathered against it." (Zec. 12:3, nkjv)
SB this insanian iranian is what the arab muslim street embraces. You better get on your prayer blanket and pray Hussein wins in 2012 because if he doesn't ....... well why don't you guess.
Before you make a bigger fool of yourself, you might spend a few minutes reading my profile page. Go insult someone else.
And with taqqiya taught to them from infancy, you can’t know which is which!
Here we go...
June 12th, 2011
“Report: US [Obama] gives Netanyahu ultimatum on resuming talks”
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