CBS Edits Obama Speech to Stir Israel Controversy

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Quote:CBS Edits Obama Speech to Stir Israel Controversy
May 20, 2011 09:00 AM
By Jon Perr

Reporting a story titled "Obama's Israeli, Palestinian Surprise," CBS' Reid removed words from the President's mouth to alter the meaning of the consistent U.S. position on the peace process:

President Obama spent most of his speech talking about the Arab Spring uprisings, but he saved his biggest surprise for the Middle East peace process. [START OBAMA CLIP] "We believe the borders of Israel and Palestine should be based on the 1967 lines." [END OBAMA CLIP] But by using the borders that existed in 1967 before the Six Day War as the starting point for negotiations, the President is taking the Palestinian side on a key issue.

Sadly for CBS, President Obama did no such thing. Instead, in his speech Obama offered an unremarkable summary of the path forward:

"So while the core issues of the conflict must be negotiated, the basis of those negotiations is clear: a viable Palestine, a secure Israel. The United States believes that negotiations should result in two states, with permanent Palestinian borders with Israel, Jordan, and Egypt, and permanent Israeli borders with Palestine. We believe 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. The Palestinian people must have the right to govern themselves, and reach their full potential, in a sovereign and contiguous state."

Full Story: http://crooksandliars.com/jon-perr/cbs-e...ontroversy

CBS Video of Speech: Obama's Israeli, Palestinian Surprise
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7366640n

Official Press Release: President Obama's statements regarding the Israeli-Palestinian
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-offi...rth-africa

[SirBustaBear]

Any way, it is something to ponder for the misled people who think that Israel controls the US ("AIPAC", blah blah) or that the Zionists control president Obama, as it has actually led to frictions between US and Israel state officials already, as has been reported by major press organs world wide. But I guess this too will be filtered and rationalized away by those people so that the own belief system does not have to be challenged. Just like the almighty (knuckle-cracking in front of Obama) Rahm Emanuel being a mere footnote in history by now.

Quote:Obama calls for Israel's return to pre-1967 borders

Washington (CNN) -- President Barack Obama on Thursday made official the long-held but rarely stated U.S. support for a future Palestinian state based on borders that existed before the 1967 Middle East war.

In the past, the United States has unofficially backed a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict based on the borders in place prior to the war 44 years ago in which Israel seized the West Bank, Gaza Strip, Golan Heights and Sinai Peninsula.

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http://edition.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/05/...tml?hpt=T1

Quote:Obama to Israel: Give back seized land

WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday endorsed a key Palestinian demand for the borders of its future state and prodded Israel to accept that it can never have a truly peaceful nation based on "permanent occupation."

Obama's urging that a Palestinian state be based on 1967 borders -- before the Six Day War in which Israel occupied East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza -- was a significant shift in the U.S. approach. It drew an immediate negative response from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is to meet with Obama at the White House Friday.

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http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/world/o...91583.html

Quote:Netanyahu balks as Obama speech invokes ’67 borders

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/n...story.html

Quote:After Obama speech, Netanyahu rejects withdrawal to 'indefensible' 1967 borders

PM responds to Obama's proposal for two state solution based on 1967 borders, says such a solution would leave many Israelis in the West bank outside Israel's borders.

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http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-de...bled=false

Quote:Netanyahu associate: Obama detached from reality

Prime minister’s associate slam US president’s speech, says ‘he didn’t deliver the goods,’ fails to understand Mideast realities. Israeli PM prepared for confrontation with Obama over vital issues, Netanyahu’s aides say.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s associates expressed their disappointment with Barack Obama’s speech Thursday, with one aide saying that the US president is detached from regional realities.


The PM’s associates told Ynet early Friday that Netanyahu, who departed to the US Thursday night, is prepared for a confrontation withPresident Obama on vital issues.

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http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,...11,00.html

[Mike_Smith]

(05-22-2011 11:55 AM)SirBustaBear Wrote:  Any way, it is something to ponder for the misled people who think that Israel controls the US ("AIPAC", blah blah) or that the Zionists control president Obama, as it has actually led to frictions between US and Israel state officials already,

Misled?

[SirBustaBear]

(05-24-2011 04:44 PM)Mike_Smith Wrote:  Misled?

It's as simple as that: either the Zionists fully control the US/Obama administration, or they do not. If they do you would expect the US trying to pull the Palestinians over the table wherever they could, never ever touching on obvious political interests of Israel like the settlements. Point taken.

We saw similar things with Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton – and any other major NWO faction out there – putting pressure on Israel, but these things are constantly ignored in favour of a certain belief system that prefers to filter out anything that doesn't fit in.

That does not mean of course that Obama does not have to make sure he secures the 2% Jewish votes which constitute the danger of tipping the scales whenever it is time for the vote.




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