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Eugene

(61,593 posts)
Mon Apr 29, 2013, 08:11 PM Apr 2013

Arabs soften stance on Israel's final borders

Source: Associated Press

Arabs soften stance on Israel's final borders

AP foreign, Tuesday April 30 2013

BRADLEY KLAPPER

Associated Press= WASHINGTON (AP) — Arab countries endorsed a Mideast peace plan Monday that would allow for small shifts in Israel's 1967 border, moving them closer to President Barack Obama's two-state vision.

Speaking on behalf of an Arab League delegation to Washington, Qatari Prime Minister Sheik Hamad Bin Jassem Al Thani called for an agreement between Israel and a future Palestine based on the Jewish state's border before the 1967 Mideast War. But, unlike in previous such offers, he cited the possibility of "comparable," mutually agreed and "minor" land swaps between the Israelis and the Palestinians.

Al Thani spoke after his delegation met across the street from the White House with Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State John Kerry, who has been pushing Arab leaders to embrace a modified version of their decade-old "Arab Peace Initiative" as part of a new U.S.-led effort to corral Israel and the Palestinians back into direct peace talks.

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"We've had a very positive, very constructive discussion over the course of the afternoon, with positive results," Kerry said at Blair House, speaking with Al Thani at a podium beside him and senior officials from five other Arab governments behind them. He praised the Arab League for the "important role it is playing, and is determined to play, in bringing about a peace in the Middle East — and specifically by reaffirming the Arab Peace Initiative here this afternoon, with a view to ending the conflict."

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Arabs soften stance on Israel's final borders (Original Post) Eugene Apr 2013 OP
"moving them closer to President Barack Obama's two-state vision" holdencaufield Apr 2013 #1
Look at the upside. He believes in the two state solution. ProgressiveProfessor Apr 2013 #2
I don't think there has been a US President since Truman ... holdencaufield Apr 2013 #3
 

holdencaufield

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1. "moving them closer to President Barack Obama's two-state vision"
Mon Apr 29, 2013, 08:39 PM
Apr 2013

The two-state solution was first proposed in 1947. It has been the guiding principle of an I/P settlement since then and an integral part of every agreement to date -- Oslo, Camp David, etc.

I'm not sure how it became President Obama's personal vision.

 

holdencaufield

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3. I don't think there has been a US President since Truman ...
Mon Apr 29, 2013, 09:08 PM
Apr 2013

... who was antagonistic towards the 2-State Solution. They have all supported it to varying degrees.

It's true that while many people are losing hope in the solution (a 2-state solutions requires 2-states willing to negotiate) I don't think anyone is losing their desire for it.

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