> > > In any case, nobody has suggested returning to the > > > 1967 borders as a solution. That's just a blatant, > > > deliberate falsehood. > > > > > "President Obama was right to stick by his call for > > Israel's 1967 boundaries as a starting point for peace > > negotiations with the Palestinians..." > > authfriend: > That's right, as a *starting point*, not a solution. > So if you knew that, why did you lie about it? > No, it's a solution proposed by your Dem President, and I think you knew that.
But, there is no way you can make Gaza contiguous with the West Bank. And, no way Israel is going to give back the Golan Heights to Syria, and no way the Israelis are going to give up visiting the Western Wall in Jerusalem. So, as a starter it's really and non-solution. The first thing that has to happen is Hamas is going to have to recognize the state of Israel, otherwise there will be only one terrorist state - Gaza - no Israel. "There has been an understanding for years that what was to be negotiated was a treaty based on the '67 borders with [land] swaps," said Rabbi Marc Schneier, president of the New York-based Foundation for Ethnic Understanding. "So I wasn't surprised by his statement, though he is the first U.S. president to spell it out..." Los Angeles Times: http://tinyurl.com/3dkaq59 > > > > Baltimore Sun > > May 23, 2011 > > http://tinyurl.com/3tanw9c > > >
