The Obama/Netanyahu meeting and the disagreements
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Today, President Obama met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the oval office for a meeting that lasted almost two hours longer than anticipated. The outcome can be summed up in a sentence which would say that Netanyahu rejects the notion that a Palestinian state can be established based on 1967 borders. But there is more to it than meets the eye.
Netanyahu alleged that President Obama's proposal of using the 1967 Israeli-Palestinian borders as a basis for a peace agreement does not take account of certain changes that have taken place on the ground, offering a reason that the 1967 lines were not drawn from peace, but rather from repeated wars. The changes on the ground to which Netanyahu refers are 'demographic', meaning that illegal settlements have been built on the land which cannot be reversed. And this, according to Netanyahu, would be a threat to Israel's security.
In an additional affront to the US President, Netanyahu declared that 'Peace based on illusions will crash eventually on the rocks of Middle East reality'.
Netanyahu's defiant stance is long-standing as far as this Oval Office is concerned: following the end of a construction moratorium that ended last September, the Israeli prime minister refused to halt settlement construction despite calls from Obama and the international community. This refusal prompted the Palestinians to walk away from the negotiating table.
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Netanyahu alleged that President Obama's proposal of using the 1967 Israeli-Palestinian borders as a basis for a peace agreement does not take account of certain changes that have taken place on the ground, offering a reason that the 1967 lines were not drawn from peace, but rather from repeated wars. The changes on the ground to which Netanyahu refers are 'demographic', meaning that illegal settlements have been built on the land which cannot be reversed. And this, according to Netanyahu, would be a threat to Israel's security.
In an additional affront to the US President, Netanyahu declared that 'Peace based on illusions will crash eventually on the rocks of Middle East reality'.
Netanyahu's defiant stance is long-standing as far as this Oval Office is concerned: following the end of a construction moratorium that ended last September, the Israeli prime minister refused to halt settlement construction despite calls from Obama and the international community. This refusal prompted the Palestinians to walk away from the negotiating table.
Continue reading on Examiner.com: The Obama/Netanyahu meeting and the disagreements - National Foreign Policy | Examiner.com http://www.examiner.com/foreign-policy-in-national/the-obama-netanyahu-meeting-a...
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freecrack
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obama is all like "hey just do this and it will all be ok"
netanyahu is like "really?!? are fucking serious?"have you seen what has be going on?
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freecrack
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Aimee_Kligman
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freecrack:
I think Netanyahu is stuck.
- 1 year ago
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Aimee_Kligman
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freecrack
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Aimee_Kligman:
any leader of any middle eastern nation ever not stuck in this way?
- 1 year ago
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freecrack
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Aimee_Kligman
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freecrack:
Netanyahu has more rope to hang himself than the others. He's unlike other ME leaders.
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Aimee_Kligman
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samthesixth
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Netanyahu smacked him in the face with a wet tuna. Netanyahu thinks he is dealing with a wishful thinker as opposed to a realist.
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samthesixth
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Aimee_Kligman
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samthesixth:
I like the wet tuna analogy.......wait till Netanyahu gets hit in the face
- 1 year ago
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Aimee_Kligman
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Aimee_Kligman
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If you look at the body language of those two in the photo and in the accompanying slide show, you don't need words at all....it's all there.
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