Posted on 07/30/2012 4:32:07 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney supports a two-state solution to solve the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, he told CNN during his visit to Jerusalem.
In an interview with the American news network, which took place in Jerusalem on Sunday, Romney was asked if he saw the starting point for negotiations as the borders which existed prior to the 1967 Six Day War. He responded by saying, I'm not being that specific. I'm saying that there will be borders that have to be negotiated and what the starting point is something which will be decided by the parties involved.
He added, What the ending point is will be decided by the parties involved.
Addressing the issue of Jewish construction in Judea and Samaria, which the U.S. has criticized, Romney said that the issue is something that should be discussed in private by the American president and our allies.
When we show a diplomatic distance between ourselves and our ally, I think we encourage people who oppose that relationship to seek other means to achieve their ends, he added.
Romney also repeated that the capital of Israel is Jerusalem, something he also said during a speech in the Old City on Sunday.
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Round up the Palestinians and give them their own enclave in Antarctica. Let them figure out how to survive in an ice desert.
Sheep will grow thick wool there, if they don’t starve to death.
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