World News - Some American Jewish leaders will rethink their support for President Barak Obama, who tried to run again in 2012, after he called on Israel to return the territories have been occupied since 1967 to the Palestinians.
The reaction came after Obama's speech on the Middle East made a member of the Democratic Party tried hard to calm the Jewish community. The U.S. president prepares to run again for a second term in the White House.
Obama on Thursday (19 / 5) calling for the establishment of a new Palestinian state that respects the 1967 borders. Therefore, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told him firmly his vision of how to bring peace to the Middle East do not make sense.
"He tried to reduce the bargaining power of Israel and I cursed him for it," said former New York mayor Ed Koch told Reuters.
Koch said he probably would not campaign or vote for Obama if the Republicans nominate a candidate of the pro-Israel and offers a choice for the budget measures recently which supported Republicans in Congress.
Koch contributed U.S. $ 2,300 for Obama's campaign in 2008, according to files at the Federal Election Commission. "I believe Obama, once you are the Senator, will be as good as John McCain based on his statement at the time and based on his support for Israel. I am proven wrong," he said.
Although there is a backlash against Obama's speech, some commentators expressed talks about the 1967 borders is not a new problem. "It has become a basic idea for at least 12 years. This is discussed Bill Clinton, Ehud Barak and Yasser Arafat at Camp David, and later, in Taba," writes Jeffrey Goldberg in The Atlantic networks.
"This is what George W. Bush discussed with Ariel Sharon and Ehud Olmert. So, what's the problem?"
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