Obama Endorses 1967 Border For Palestinian State

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Originally Posted by mlmpetert

But since Obama’s made these statements doesn’t that give credibility to any war launched by any arab nation backing Palestine fighting for the lost 1967 borders? Its no big deal if Palestine wants to try and take back their lost land but if Pakistan, Iran, a hamas group, or whatever comes out of Egypt, Syria or Lybia (democratic or not) if several of those powers decide to join in at some point to help reclaim some land for Palestine does the US just stay neutral and provide zero support (including humanitarian) to either side?

I believe the Palestinians wants nothing to do with these countries, especially since they (Syria, Egypt, and Jordan) are the reason the Palestinians lost the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (and East Jerusalem).

Originally Posted by mlmpetert

Whenever I tried to read into this subject I realize its wayyyy to complex and not so cut and dry, so Im like I don’t feel like spending a significant amount of time trying to understand it. So this may be a ignorant statement: I feel like Palestine has never been capable of governing themselves. I feel like they have given plenty of opportunities to create a government and become independent and they always blow it. The land they have held before though and want back is extremely valuable for several reasons though; namely religious, economically and military. So I feel like with all the uprisings and change going on in the middle east they are prime to get exploited by the likes of several countries that could give Israel a decent fight, particularly if someone decides to use nuclear wepons if things get that far. I feel like given the Presidents words he basically said if the arab world wants to try and take back its land; its fair game. As long as it looks like its in Palestine’s interest the US and UN aint gonna step in. We will just let it play out, hopefully nothing really bad happens.

This is really not the case. I think everyone wants a two-state solution, but Israel is too paranoid to let a Palestinian state right next to them (and not to mention the many Israeli settlements in Palestinian lands). Now the sticking point is the involvement of Hamas in Palestinian politics, which I find it ironic since the Jewish terrorist group known at the Stern Gang (officially known as Lehi) in the 1930s and 1940s eventually became part of Israeli politics.

To me it seems that our role in the mid-east peace negotiations has always been to put pressures on the Palestinians. It seems that finally we are putting pressure on Israel. Personally, the quicker this gets settle the better it will be for us. We spend a ton of money supporting Israel, and our foreign relations with many countries is affected because of this alliance. I think it is right that the US is putting pressure on both the Palestinians and the Israelis to settle this issue once and for all.