Thursday, May 19, 2011

Obama's Loyalties To Palestinians

Forcefully stepping into an explosive Middle East debate, Obama endorsed a key Palestinian demand for the borders of its future state and prodded Israel to accept that it can never have a truly peaceful nation based on "permanent occupation." Obama's urging that a Palestinian state be based on 1967 borders, before the Six Day War in which Israel occupied East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza, was a significant shift in the U.S. approach. It drew an immediate negative response from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Does anyone now doubt where Obama's loyalties lie?

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