Divisions Are Clear as Obama and Netanyahu Discuss Peace

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/21/world/middleeast/21prexy.html?_r=1&hp

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From: barry levine 
Date: Sat, May 21, 2011 at 7:20 AM
Subject: re: Divisions Are Clear as Obama and Netanyahu Discuss Peace
To: letters@nytimes.com


To the Editor:

  Perhaps president Netanyahu doesn't know what "indefensible" means. Israel's pre-1967 borders were battle-tested and defended (as were those of '47). To call what has been defended "indefensible" is to play at language without communicating.  As horrific as they are, Israel has never lost a shooting war. What is indefensible is the status-quo.  Israel needs peace, not this indefinite hostile cease-fire.That's going to require bold leadership all around, not sterile word-games.

Barry Haskell Levine