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Home > Justice & Peace > 20/05/2011 17.00.26
Netanyahu rejects call for 1967 borders
Israel's prime minister gave a cool
reception to US President Barack Obama's Mideast policy speech, which was
delivered yesterday and called for the 1967 Israeli borders to be the basis of
any peace agreement. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a complete withdrawal
from the West Bank would leave Israel vulnerable to attack. His remarks came
just before he departed for Washington, where he was scheduled to be meeting
with President Obama on Friday.
One hopes this
meeting…will advance the goal that is on everyone’s mind. Namely, a peace
treaty between Israel and Palestine, with its promise of security and
prosperity to both sides, and to be complimented and made fully possible
legally by a distinct resolution of the question of Jerusalem along the lines
advocated consistently by the Holy See, namely an internationally guaranteed
special stature for Jerusalem,” said Middle East expert Father David-Maria
Jaeger, OFM.
“One hopes these few days will help advance this goal because, as everyone has
now seen, in the Middle East the ground is shifting and the status quo is not
an option,” he told Vatican Radio.