Obama Says US Considering Support of Palestinian State at UN [Netanyahu & Israel]
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JNS.org – President Barack Obama said at a news conference on Tuesday that the US is considering the possibility of supporting the unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state through the United Nations as part of his administration’s ongoing re-evaluation of relations with Israel.
Late last year, the US voted against a Palestinian-initiated resolution in the UN Security Council that called for a Palestinian state with borders based on the pre-1967 lines. The measure garnered eight affirmative votes among the 15-member Security Council, falling just one short of the nine votes it needed to pass.
Obama on Tuesday continued his recent criticism of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the aftermath of the latter’s re-election, saying, “Netanyahu, in the election run-up, stated that a Palestinian state would not occur while he was prime minister. And I took him at his word that that’s what he meant.” Obama made similar comments in an interview with The Huffington Post that was published last weekend, despite the fact that Netanyahu has reaffirmed his support for a demilitarized Palestinian state that recognizes a Jewish state.
“Afterwards, he (Netanyahu) pointed out that he didn’t say ‘never,’ but that there would be a series of conditions in which a Palestinian state could potentially be created,” Obama said Tuesday. “But, of course, the conditions were such that they would be impossible to meet any time soon.”
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Obama is creating a CONTRIVED SITUATION ... that does not exist with Netanyahu. Of course Netanyahu supports a TWO-STATE SOLUTION, just as he’s confirmed in the last few days, per his Bar-Ilan speech, as far back as 2009!
This present situation is Obama LYING about Netanyahu (who hasn’t changed since 2009) in order to have a CONTRIVED EXCUSE to make a MAJOR POLICY CHANGE for the USA.
In the past, both Israel and the USA have supported a Two-State Solution by way of “NEGOTIATIONS” between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. NOW ... Obama wants to abandon the USA’s long-standing policy, and have the Two-State Solution “by DECLARATION” ... which means that nothing will be required of the Palestinian Authority, and they would not be required to sign off on the fact that all problems are solved, as they would have to in the Final Status Negotiations!
The more I watch what seems to be going on over there.... the more I am convinced we should pull everybody out of the region, stay tight with Israel, and let the Shiites and Sunnis fight it out between themselves. There is no reason for us to get into the middle of that stuff. We can produce our own oil and natural gas. With a little luck they’ll fight each other for the next 40 or 50 years.