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.”
I would like to know who put the USA in Charge of the world to tell anyone but us what to do . Just sayin
And the boundaries drawn by God are much much bigger than they are now!!
PM Netanyahu: Ignore the idiots in Washington, D.C. Americans support Israel.
tell obama to mind his own business
The Palestinians only do what the clerics tell them to
true, Palestinians never had a country of their own. Why should Israel give the f**e nation of Palestine anything. ALL of it was Israels to begin with, and they have had to fight for what was theirs to begin with.
Bobbi is smart enough to run his country without our criticism. As a matter of fact, he should be advising Obama how to run a country.
Not so, I said terrorists, there are plenty of law abiding Arabs in living in Israel. All terrorists must be removed from the face of the earth.
There is no such thing as a palestinian.
hahahaha—why?