1967 Borders, Israel, Palestine, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Barack Arafat Obama out on the surprise trail

- Judi McLeod
Thursday, May 19, 2011

Elected President to retrieve the United States of America from the supposed evil jaws of George Bush and Dick Cheney as America’s historic first black president, Barack Obama works instead on tinkering with the map of the Middle East.

“President Barack Obama is endorsing the Palestinian’s demand for their future state to be based on the borders that existed before the 1967 Middle East war, in a move that will likely infuriate Israel. Israel says the borders of a Palestinian state have to be determined through negotiations.â€