Posted on 03/19/2015 6:37:28 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
President Barack Obama is considering agreeing to a United Nations Security Council resolution “embodying the principles of a two-state solution that would be based on the pre-1967 lines between Israel and the West Bank and Gaza Strip and mutually agreed swaps,” a senior administration official has told the New York Times.
Security experts along with Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, have long argued that pushing Israel back to its pre-1967 Arab-Israeli war boundaries would make it impossible for the Israeli military to defend the Jewish state.
“The premise of our position internationally has been to support direct negotiations between the Israelis and the Palestinians,” a senior White House officials who refused to reveal their identity told the Times. “We are now in a reality where the Israeli government no longer supports direct negotiations. Therefore we clearly have to factor that into our decisions going forward.”
Some have argued that the administration’s new pressure towards the Jewish state stems from anger over Netanyahu’s successful reelection as the country’s Prime Minister.
The Israeli Prime Minister has previously explained directly to Obama why the 67’ lines are non-negotiable for Israel’s defense. “Israel wants peace. I want peace,” but “a peace based on illusions will crash eventually on the rocks of Middle Eastern reality,” Netanyahu explained to the President in a 2011 meeting.
President Obama took the position in 2011 that the borders of Israel and a future Palestinian state “should be based on the 1967 lines with mutually agreed swaps.”
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Liberal Jews in America won’t wake up as long as their abortions and health care continue to be free
You are correct on your assumption; he does not want Israel to defend itself in any way, shape or form—he wants it to completely fall into the hands of his fellow muslims.
you’re just realizing this?? what far left winger supports Israel?
Netanyahu maintains the same position he’s ALWAYS HAD with negotiating with the PA for forming a Palestinian State. As I suspected and have known from before, Netanyahu’s position on that is reasonable and fair ... and HAS NOT CHANGED!
And on the issue of ARABS In Israel, he made clear what his position HAS ALWAYS BEEN with Israeli Arab Citizens ... they have full rights of any citizen and they will be helped by various social programs as he has always done, and they will NOT be discriminated against. They are FULLY INTEGRATED into Israeli society!
BOTH of those things sounds EXACTLY like the Netanyahu from before and extremely fair. Israel should be EXTREMELY PROUD of Netanyahu as their Prime Minister!
Prime Minister Netanayahu gets SLAMMED by the Left and the New York Times ... AND ... and he gets SLAMMED by the Right and the Israeli papers ... LOL ...
AGAIN ... Netanyahu’s position on being very willing to negotiate with the PA and very willing in forming a Palestinian State has remained the SAME for years ... as he pointed out from his Bar-Ilan speech.
Netanyahu has never been the “holdup” on forming the Palestinian State, it has been the Palestinian Authority who has been the holdup. They don’t want to get the Palestinian State through “negotiations” with Israel, but they want to get it from it being “imposed from the outside” without any conditions attached,
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Netanyahu Flip Flop: I Want a Two-State Solution [Israel]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3269715/posts
Days after vowing not to establish a Palestinian state, Netanyahu says something else in his first post-election interview.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has retracted his pre-election statements, according to which he would not allow a Palestinian state to be established.
“I don’t want a one-state solution. I want a sustainable, peaceful two-state solution,” Netanyahu said Thursday in an interview with MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell. “I haven’t changed my policy.”
Netanyahu said his earlier comments were a reflection of changing conditions on the Palestinian side, pointing to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s pact to form a unity government with Hamas, which Israel, the U.S. and most European countries consider a terrorist organization.
“I’m talking about what is achievable and what is not achievable,” Netanyahu said Thursday, insisting that he would support a demilitarized Palestinian state under a plan that would ensure Israel’s security.
I say again, you can’t be too smart messing with the guy that controls the Mossad.....
The Obama Admimistration simply wants to “cherry-pick” a single statement, out of YEARS OF POLICY and ACTIONS by Israel and Netanyahu, to use as an EXCUSE to “bring down the hammer” on Israel and Netanyahu, something Obama has wanted to do all along!!
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In First Post-Election Interview Netanyahu Says He Supports ‘Sustainable’ Two-State Solution, Never Changed His Policy
http://www.algemeiner.com/2015/03/19/in-first-post-election-interview-netanyahu-says-he-supports-‘sustainable’-two-state-solution-never-changed-his-policy/
JNS.org - In his first interview with American media after his Likud party’s election victory, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he supports a demilitarized Palestinian state that recognizes a Jewish state, if specific circumstances make that a realistic possibility.
“I don’t want a one-state solution,” he said in an interview with NBC News. “I want a sustainable, peaceful two-state solution.”
In a pre-election interview on Monday, Netanyahu had told the NRGwebsite that he would not support Israeli withdrawal from its territory to make room for a Palestinian state, due to the possibility of attacks by Islamic extremists.
“I haven’t changed my policy,” Netanyahu told NBC News on Thursday. “I never retracted my speech at Bar-Ilan University six years ago calling for a demilitarized Palestinian state that recognizes a Jewish state.”
Netanyahu said he believes “circumstances have to change” for there to be a Palestinian state, adding that current Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has made a pact with Hamas that calls for Israel’s destruction.
“And every territory that is vacated today in the Middle East is taken up by Islamist forces,” he said. “We want that to change so we can realize a vision of real, sustained peace.”
The U.S. State Department on Thursday said it “can’t forget” what Netanyahu said about his position on a two-state solution earlier this week.
“Certainly, the prime minister’s comments from a few days ago called into question his commitment to that,” State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said.
“We believe he changed his position,” she added. “We can’t forget about those [initial] comments.”
Can a Judge order Obama to go for a Psychiatric Evaluation ?
Better watch out, Obama - Bibi’s got your real birth certificate.
And to prove it, he emailed a certified copy to Hillary.
You’re right, he has the media on his side.
It’s time we start blaming all involved, Obama could never do this alone and I think the media is the biggest reason he succeeds. We also need to start sounding the alarm on blatant anti-Semitism, name names.
such a UN resolution could not force Israel to give up even one inch of her land
all it would do is further embarrass America (Obama obviously works for the Devil and is incapable of embarrassment)
what a horrible horrid terrible tragedy in American history
My guess is Bibi has the goods on O. O is trying to minimize him to lessen the influence his release would have on his facet of the American people.
O is afraid of exactly what he has. He just knows he has something
How does Obama know 1 of the other 4 Permanent Members will not Veto him
God will not be mocked. If I were Bozo....I wouldn’t challenge Him.
If I was Israel, I would laugh and tell Mr. Obama and the UN to take their resolution and stuff it up their collective asses.
I’m not sure who this man thinks he is, but I think he’s the Devil.
The problem here is that it sets up the groundwork for sanctions, first, and then military action later. And it would be the basis for the cut-off of all American Aid to Israel, all that woud wreak HAVOC with Israel’s economy and military defense. Israel basically CANNOT AFFORD THAT!
Believe me, Israel will need to GET AHEAD OF THIS and negotiate the best deal they can, and NOT let this get into the hands of the UN Security Council. Once that starts there, EVERYTHING goes downhill from that point!!
That’s what the Tribulation Period is for. God dispenses ALL HIS WRATH at that time, for all the evil done in this world, since Creation!!
The USA — in the past — has been the ONE COUNTRY in the world who has PROTECTED ISRAEL in the UN Security Council, consistently. We have a record of that from the past. I’m sorry, but if the USA “goes” ... in regards to that protection of Israel ... Israel is a goner, as far as UN Security Council Resolutions are concerned.
As far as I can see, the House and Senate are doing nothing to put the brakes on the little islamist.
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