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For OpEdNews: Press Release - Writer FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jeremy Ben-Ami, Executive Director of J Street, issued the following
statement in response to Sarah Palin's comments to ABC News' Barbara
Walters: J Street rejects Sarah Palin's comments
attacking President Obama's sensible policy on Israeli settlements in
the West Bank yesterday during an ABC News interview with Barbara
Walters.
November 18, 2009
Palin's pandering to her right-wing base comes at the expense of the security of the State of Israel, the lives of those actually living the conflict, and the fundamental American interest in achieving a two-state solution in the near term. Her words reveal a glaring ignorance of damaging facts and a callous disregard of past and present U.S. policy.
For decades, American presidents have held that Israeli settlements in the West Bank are an impediment to peace. They are joined by the majority of Israelis and pro-Israel Americans who view the growing settlement enterprise as a threat to Israel's very future as a Jewish democracy.
President Obama's administration continued along that path yesterday, rightly and sensibly expressing concern with unilateral actions on both sides that would preempt the negotiation of final status issues that are necessary to achieve a two-state solution to the conflict.
J Street supports President Obama and Middle East Peace Envoy George Mitchell as they press the parties to begin the hard work of achieving a two-state solution, the only way to secure Israel's future as a Jewish, democratic homeland.
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