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May 24, 2011

Netanyahu Protested at AIPAC Speech 
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continues to insist on
retaining large swaths of the occupied West Bank under any future peace
deal with Palestinians. Speaking before the annual summit of the
American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), Netanyahu repeated his
line that Israel's internationally recognized 1967 borders are
"indefensible."

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: "We can only make peace with
the Palestinians if they are prepared to make peace with a Jewish state.
Tomorrow, in Congress, I will describe what a peace between a
Palestinian state and the Jewish state could look like, but I want to
assure you of one thing, it must leave Israel with security, and
therefore Israel cannot return to the indefensible 1967 lines."

Netanyahu was interrupted several times by peace activists with the
group, Move Over AIPAC. Some of the protesters were assaulted after
unfurling banners and chanting "occupying land is indefensible."



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