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reak that deadlock, Mr. Obama proposed using the prevailing borders before the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, adjusted to account for Jewish settlements in the West Bank, as the basis for negotiating a new Palestinian state. Mr. Netanyahu initially rejected that formula, saying it would render Israel indefensible.
et me wrong: I don't want Israel to operate or control or, for heaven's sake, absorb the West Bank. Let the Arabs on the east and west banks of the Jordan River team up and see what they can make of their soon-to-be one country. I don't think it will be pretty. You do? Good luck. I also don't believe that
solve the parliament and Western actors who supported him in those threats). When a Palestinian civil war erupted in June 2007, the governments in the West Bank and Gaza became more explicitly autocratic, to the detriment of Palestinians in both territories. EFTA_R1_00464342 EFTA01977726 Hardly anyone ha
ran that much closer to Israel as both continue to posture over a potential strike against Iranian nuclear facilities. To Israel's east, across the Jordan River valley, pressure is also growing on the Hashemite kingdom. An emboldened Muslim Brotherhood has been joined by disillusioned tribes from the East
reak that deadlock, Mr. Obama proposed using the prevailing borders before the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, adjusted to account for Jewish settlements in the West Bank, as the basis for negotiating a new Palestinian state. Mr. Netanyahu initially rejected that formula, saying it would render Israel indefensible.
et me wrong: I don't want Israel to operate or control or, for heaven's sake, absorb the West Bank. Let the Arabs on the east and west banks of the Jordan River team up and see what they can make of their soon-to-be one country. I don't think it will be pretty. You do? Good luck. I also don't believe that
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Jerusalem
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Bashar al-Assad
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Bill Clinton
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Fatah
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Mahmoud Abbas
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Hillary Clinton
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Ehud Barak
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Saddam Hussein
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