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October 1, 2010       Share:    

Source: http://www.nrg.co.il/online/1/ART2/161/972.html?hp=1&loc=1&tmp=2627

Obama Letter to Abbas Promises Support for Palestinian State on '67 Borders

(Ynet News-Hebrew) Ben Caspit and Eli Bardenstein - Alongside a letter to Israel, President Obama sent a letter to Mahmoud Abbas promising that if the Palestinians continued with the direct peace talks, the U.S., and Obama personally, would pledge to support the establishment of a Palestinian state on the basis of the 1967 lines [the 1949 armistice lines] with land swaps. In a briefing to Jewish Senators and Congressmen Wednesday, Obama's Middle East Advisor Dennis Ross said Netanyahu appreciates the American proposal but has not accepted it. The reason, it appears, is that he will not break his pledge to the Israeli public [to not renew the freeze].

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