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Israel’s 1967 Borders Aren’t Defensible

Israel’s 1967 Borders Aren’t Defensible

May 21, 2011 | Amb. Dore Gold
The cornerstone of all postwar diplomacy was UN Security Council Resolution 242, passed in November 1967. It did not demand that Israel pull back completely to the pre-1967 lines. The 1993 Oslo Agreements did not stipulate that the final borders between Israel and the Palestinians would be the 1967 lines.