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It served as the de facto borders of the State of Israel from 1949 until the Six-Day War in 1967, and continues to represent Israel's internationally recognized borders with the two Palestinian territories: the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. [2] [3] The Green Line was intended as a demarcation line rather than a permanent border.
"This construction violates previous agreements and undermines efforts to achieve peace. It is time for these settlements to stop." In the same speech, Obama sharply rebuked Holocaust denial, anti-Semitism, and anti-Zionism, saying of the Holocaust, "Six million Jews were killed – more than the entire Jewish population of Israel today ...
The Palestinian Authority claims all of these territories (including East Jerusalem) for a future Palestinian State, and its position is supported by the Arab League in the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative which calls for the return by Israel to "the 1967 borders". While Israel has expressed desire to annex the border settlement blocs and keep East ...
On July 12, 1967, Secretary of State Rusk announced that the U.S. position on the Near East crisis was outlined in the President's statement of June 19 and that it provided the basis for a just and equitable settlement between the Arab states and Israel. [58] On August 16, 1967, the Israeli Foreign Office stated that Israel agreed with the ...
Netanyahu lectures Obama in the White House Oval Office days after Obama stated publicly that "the borders between Israel and Palestine should be based on the 1967 lines". 2015. Obama says the ...
On 27–28 June 1967, East Jerusalem was integrated into Jerusalem by extension of its municipal borders and was placed under the civil law, jurisdiction and administration of the State of Israel. [ 38 ] [ 39 ] In a unanimous General Assembly resolution, the UN declared the measures trying to change the status of the city invalid.
Former President Obama (D) said “nobody’s hands are clean” amid conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. “[I]f you want to solve the problem, then, you have to ...
Official White House Photo/Pete Souza. President Barack Obama talks with Terry Szuplat, Senior Director for Speechwriting, while he waits backstage to deliver remarks on the Iran nuclear agreement ...