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June 13, 2011       Share:    

Source: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jun/10/white-house-seeks-israeli-agreement-to-negotiate-o/

White House Seeks Israeli Agreement to Negotiate on 1967 Lines

(Washington Times) Eli Lake - The White House is pressing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to publicly adopt President Obama's view that Israel's pre-1967 border should be the basis for future peace talks. Steven Simon, the new White House National Security Council senior director for the Middle East and North Africa, told representatives of the American Jewish community Friday during a conference call: "We have a month to see if we can work something out with the Israelis and Palestinians as accepting these principles as a basis for negotiations. If that happens we are somewhat confident that the Palestinians will drop what they intend to do in the UN." In the conference call, Simon said the U.S. would oppose a Palestinian unilateral declaration at the UN whether Israel adopted the Obama principles or not.

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