White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough bluntly told a liberal pro-Israel lobby group yesterday “an occupation that has lasted for almost 50 years must end.”
He added, “President Obama still firmly believes what he said in Jerusalem two years ago — that peace is necessary, just and possible. Peace is necessary because it is the only way to ensure that a secure state of Israel is both Jewish and democratic. Israel cannot maintain military control of another people indefinitely. That’s the truth.”
It’s not the first time the word “occupation” has been used by an Obama official. In fact, in 2013, President Obama used it himself.
“The Palestinian people deserve an end to occupation and the daily indignities that come with it,” Obama said in Ramallah during a joint appearance with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
McDonough’s remarks continued the White House’s pushback against Netanyahu’s comments before his re-election that a two-state solution was off the table. Netanyahu has since walked back the remarks.
“Over the course of President Obama’s administration,” McDonough said, “most recently with the tireless efforts of Secretary Kerry, the United States has expended tremendous energy in pursuit of this goal. That is why the prime minister’s comments on the eve of the election — in which he first intimated and then made very clear in response to a follow-up question that a Palestinian state will not be established while he is prime minister — were so troubling.”
McDonough said the Obama administration will continue to oppose Israeli settlement expansion because “it undermines the prospects for peace.”
Ha that will never happen!!!
No one has the right to tell Israel what is best for them!
The White House Warns……….. Those idiots are going to take on GOD. DIM-O-CRATS have less sense then I gave them credit for. We all know they are foolish and unwise….they saw to it that obama was elected TWICE !!! They would be better off to read the Prophecies of Revelation rather then sound like a yapping pup at the heels of ISRAEL.
dont do it the pos will be gone when he gets done destroying america
Nobody else in the middle east wants the palesinians, They never had a home land , why should Israel give any part of the land they fought for ,to Palestinians how are run by terrorist thugs.
Pffffft !!!!!
Stand firm BIBI. Your gOd is with you
Israel will follow the will of God, not the will of Obama!
Obama must stop the illegal occupation of the whitehouse !!
American People to White House! Your Eight Year Occupation Must End.!!!