Obama may agree to UN resolution on ’67 borders after Benjamin Netanyahu campaign rhetoric
In the wake of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s resounding victory in Tuesday’s election, the White House has expressed severe concern regarding the Likud leader’s campaign rhetoric and noted turnaround against the establishment of a Palestinian state.
According to several administration officials, the Obama administration is now seriously considering agreeing to the passage of a United Nations Security Council resolution “embodying the principles of a two-state solution that would include Israel’s 1967 borders with Palestine and mutually agreed swaps of territory,” according to The New York Times.
Although the relationship between Israel and the United States would remain strong, according to administration officials, it would not be managed by US President Barack Obama and Netanyahu. Instead, US Secretary of State John Kerry, one of Netanyahu’s only remaining friends in the president’s administration, would take over along with Pentagon officials who handle the close military alliance with Israel.