“Pressure continues to build for Israel to facilitate a two state solution with the Palestinians. On Tuesday night, the indefatigable President Shimon Peres met with US President Barak Obama – a trip to the White House dedicated in good part to preparing the ground for a planned visit to the US next month by Binyamin Netanyahu, at which time the prime minister is expected, by some, to put forward new ideas for progress.

The Palestinians have been wildly successful at garnering international recognition of “Palestine” and are expected to appeal to the UN Security Council and/or the non-binding General Assembly in September to recognize such a state within the June 4, 1967 “borders.” This is a geographic area of tremendous historic importance to Jews that covers not only Judea, Samaria and Gaza, but also large swathes of Jerusalem, including the Western Wall, the remnant of the Temple, the holiest place on earth for the Jewish people. In the world of the UN, the half-million Israelis who live in these areas could wake up one September morning to find themselves not merely considered “occupiers,” but also, apparently, violators of Palestinian sovereignty.”

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