In Major Middle East Speech, President Obama Tells Israel To Go Back To 1967 Borders

Obama Backs Palestinians' 1967 Border Claims -- CBS News/AP

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama endorsed on Thursday 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 that is based on "permanent occupation."

Obama's urging that a Palestinian state be based on 1967 borders, those that existed before the Six-Day War in which Israel occupied East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza, marked a significant shift in U.S. policy and seemed certain to anger Israel.

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Obama tells Israel: Go back to 1967 borders -- Yahoo News/AP
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Obama Endorses 1967 Borders for Israel -- New York Times
Obama Urges Israel and Palestinians to Negotiate on Basis of 1967 Borders -- The Atlantic
Obama announces 'new chapter in American diplomacy' -- CNN
Barack Obama presses for Middle East reform -- BBC
Obama seeks to recast ties with skeptical Arab world -- Reuters
Obama Addresses 'Extraordinary Change' in Middle East, North Africa -- Voice of America
Obama: U.S. Future Is Bound to the Middle East -- ABC News
Obama Vows New Chapter in Mideast Policy -- Wall Street Journal
Obama pledges new aid to Mideast nations embracing democracy -- Washington Post

Obama announces 'new chapter in American diplomacy' -- CNN
Barack Obama presses for Middle East reform -- BBC
Obama seeks to recast ties with skeptical Arab world -- Reuters
Obama Addresses 'Extraordinary Change' in Middle East, North Africa -- Voice of America
Obama: U.S. Future Is Bound to the Middle East -- ABC News
Obama Vows New Chapter in Mideast Policy -- Wall Street Journal
Obama pledges new aid to Mideast nations embracing democracy -- Washington Post
President Obama has message for Mideast regimes: We'll give you aid, if you promote reform -- New York Daily News
Barack Obama throws full US support behind Middle East uprisings -- The Guardian
Obama says U.S. will oppose U.N. acts against Israel -- Reuters

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