Netanyahu meets Obama, rejects 1967 border proposal

WASHINGTON | Fri May 20, 2011 1:58pm EDT

WASHINGTON May 20 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday he was prepared to make compromises to peace but he rejected President Barack Obama's proposal that Israel return to its 1967 borders.

Obama and Netanyahu met at the White House a day after the U.S. president endorsed a longstanding Palestinian demand on the borders for their future state.

In remarks to reporters in the Oval Office, Obama said he had reiterated the principles he had laid out on Thursday.

Both men acknowledged differences between their positions.

Obama said the United States and Israel had an extraordinary bond. Netanyahu said he and Obama could still work together for peace. (Reporting by Matt Spetalnick, writing by Jeff Mason)

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masterofnews wrote:
The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused Barack Obama of endangering his call for a Palestinian state within the borders of 1967 Israel’s existence. Should Israel withdraw to the fact before the Six Day War of June 1967 borders, “can not defend” the country, Netanyahu warned on Friday.
Obama warned in a speech on Thursday, the Palestinians, that the target for September recognize a Palestinian state by the UN General Assembly is the way to hoped-for statehood. Recognition by the UN General Assembly would at best symbolic value for the Palestinians. The Palestinian President Abbas said although the proposal with Obama’s views well to the 1967 borders, but said nothing about Obama’s warning, it is not trying to single-handedly for recognition.
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