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worded as follows:

"1. Withdrawal of Israeli armed
forces from territories occupied in the
recent conflict"
The above wording in U.N.
Resolution 242 was the result of a vig-
orous debate in which an attempt to
include "the" before "territories" was
clearly and non-ambiguously rejected.
The significance of this failed attempt
to have the resolution refer to "the
territories", rather than to "territories"
was clear to all, including the past U.S.
presidents.
It is to be pointed out that Obama's
May 2011 declaration was not some
hasty, off-the-cuff remark, but rather
was a clear and deliberate expression
of the U.S. policy despite the sharp
opposition by Israel's prime minister
to including any mention of the 1967
Lines in a declaration of U.S. policy.
In the opinion of many, negotia-
tions based on using the 1967 Lines
as the starting point are doomed for
failure because no responsible Arab
leadership would accept anything less
than that obtainable under the presi-
dent's 1967 Lines declaration, and no
responsible Israeli leadership would
accept excluding Ma'ale Adumim,
Ariel and parts of east Jerusalem from
Israel, or would accept the Arab claim
of "right of return" as presently set
forth.
However, even more dangerous to
Israel would be the probability that
Israel would be blamed for such fail-
ure of negotiations, and that the U.N.
would apply severe sanctions, thereby
increasing the difficulty, or even
rendering it impossible, for Israel to
defend itself against terrorist activity
within its borders, or against attack
from the outside by its hostile neigh-
bors.
The "1967 Lines declaration" by the
president, if followed, thus raises a
serious risk for the survival of Israel.
Those who have opposed this declara-
tion are not willing to subject Israel to
such a risk.

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Tell J Street: Jordan Is
Palestinians' Homeland
It disturbs me to read articles like the
one from J Street ("J Street: It's Our
Duty To Criticize Israel:' March 14,
page 44).
First, writer Alan Eisner, a vice
president at J Street, should realize
that the "Palestinians" were given
their own state 65 years ago. It is
called Jordan. Israel has every right
to build in or on Israel's territory as
they see fit. Telling them they have no
right to build is like saying that the
United States has no right to build in
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March 21 • 2013

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