Today, Thursday, President Barack Obama called for the reestablishment of the 1967 Israeli borders, which would remove East Jerusalem, the West Bank, and Gaza from Israel's control, in the name of peace. Apparently, this offer was originally brought up by the Palestinians - although I need confirmation on that one.
Below is the link to USA Today's article.
Go here.
Go to 0:18 of the below clip for the video of President Obama's quote. Sorry I couldn't find the raw video without random news commentary, but this'll have to do.
Israel immediately went against the statement, saying that while it supported the President's motive for peace in the Middle East, it did not support the notion of giving up its occupied land from the Six-Day War.
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