Glenn Kessler of the Washington Post goes over the history of America’s Israel policy and the significance of President Obama’s declaration yesterday that “The borders of Israel and Palestine should be based on the 1967 lines with mutually agreed swaps, so that secure and recognized borders are established for both states.” Historically, Kessler finds, “until Obama on Thursday, U.S. presidents generally have steered clear of saying the negotiations should start on the 1967 lines.”
Indeed, Obama’s formulation is more radical than all presidents from Lyndon Johnson to Ronald Reagan to Bill Clinton to George W. Bush:
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