At White House, Netanyahu Calls '67 Border Lines 'Indefensible'

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Barack Obama in the Oval Office today (May 20, 2011).

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Barack Obama in the Oval Office today (May 20, 2011).

One day after President Obama said the U.S. wants Israel's pre-1967 war borders to be the basis for Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu repeated his opposition to that position. Obama, meanwhile, said he still believes "it is possible to shape a deal."

The two leaders met at the White House.

Afterward, Obama said they had "prolonged and extremely useful talks," but also conceded that the U.S. and Israeli governments have some differences. Still, he said he believes it's possible to shape a peace deal that will give Israel security.

Netanyahu, though, said Israel cannot safely go back to those border lines and said it cannot negotiate with Hamas, which he called the Palestinian verison of al-Qaida.

Source: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/05/20/136500693/at-white-house-netanyahu-calls-67-border-lines-indefensible?ft=1&f=1001

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