White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough bluntly told a liberal pro-Israel lobby group yesterday “an occupation that has lasted for almost 50 years must end.”
He added, “President Obama still firmly believes what he said in Jerusalem two years ago — that peace is necessary, just and possible. Peace is necessary because it is the only way to ensure that a secure state of Israel is both Jewish and democratic. Israel cannot maintain military control of another people indefinitely. That’s the truth.”
It’s not the first time the word “occupation” has been used by an Obama official. In fact, in 2013, President Obama used it himself.
“The Palestinian people deserve an end to occupation and the daily indignities that come with it,” Obama said in Ramallah during a joint appearance with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
McDonough’s remarks continued the White House’s pushback against Netanyahu’s comments before his re-election that a two-state solution was off the table. Netanyahu has since walked back the remarks.
“Over the course of President Obama’s administration,” McDonough said, “most recently with the tireless efforts of Secretary Kerry, the United States has expended tremendous energy in pursuit of this goal. That is why the prime minister’s comments on the eve of the election — in which he first intimated and then made very clear in response to a follow-up question that a Palestinian state will not be established while he is prime minister — were so troubling.”
McDonough said the Obama administration will continue to oppose Israeli settlement expansion because “it undermines the prospects for peace.”
All “Palestinians” will now be moving to Syria and Jordan…
Then Obama TELL THE *PALESTINIANS* THEIR 50 year occupation of ISRAEL LAND has come to the end so LEAVE NOW!!
Whitehouse has no right to tell another country what to do.where does obama get off doing this c**p
Hey Obama. What about the occupation of all our key US departments by your muslim friends. How about getting rid of all the muslims in your administration, and giving America back to Americans. And how about ending the importation of all these illegals, start deporting them. don’t try to tell others what to do in their countries while you are destroying ours,
pe$#%&!@* con va sauver ton peuple elu tare.
So now what? obama will gather with gog and magog (russia and iran) to take their armies against Israel? We all know how that story ends.
or try 75+ years
End obama’s occupation in the white house
Oh Now he thinks he is King of the world! Wow…..he is an idiot and should be locked up!
all of you supporters of israel are brainwashed