(JNS) Evelyn Gordon - While critics claim that the U.S. peace plan "violates UN resolutions," nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, this is the first plan that relates seriously to UN Security Council Resolution 242 that every previous peace plan cites. Resolution 242, adopted in November 1967, was carefully crafted to let Israel keep some of the territory it captured in the Six-Day War. The resolution said a "lasting peace" would require "secure and recognized boundaries," recognizing that the 1967 lines (aka the 1949 armistice lines) did not and could not provide secure boundaries for Israel.
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