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View Poll Results: Will Obama's "1967 borders" for Israel comment hurt him with Jewish voters?
Yes 10 71.43%
No 4 28.57%
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Old 05-20-2011, 09:31 AM
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Fair enough.

I guess the interesting part to me, like your Wallace comparison, is the question of what threshold of an unusual or apparently contradictory action, does the "lock" of single-issue voters break down?

Maybe this doesn't rise to that level. But in TV reports I saw this morning, if you interpret that Gaza and the West Bank would be made contiguous as has been said, that would essentially split Israel in two, or confine them to the northern part of today's country. That's pretty severe, especially for a country that is surrounded by hostile opposition and is already geographically small.

Plus, the 1967 gains in territory were due to a successful defense of their country back then, not due to aggression on the Israeli's part to gain land.
I will admit that I have always been confused about exactly what transpired and how they ended up where they currently are. It is very difficult to find objective commentary on that part of the World because there is no grey area to the participants and seemingly no acknowledgement that either side should budge an inch on their views.

Obama's statement sure came out of left field though..no pun intended.
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