Saturday, June 07, 2008

Obama backtracks on Jerusalem

From One Jerusalem, 5/6/08:

...."Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel, and it must remain undivided," Obama declared Wednesday, to rousing applause from the 7,000-plus attendees at the AIPAC conference in Washington, DC.

But a campaign adviser clarified Thursday that Obama believes "Jerusalem is a final status issue, which means it has to be negotiated between the two parties" as part of "an agreement that they both can live with."

...The adviser went on to say that he doesn't rule out Jerusalem being the capital of a Palestinian State....

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