Hillary met with Barack last night. There were no details about what was discussed although it is highly likely that some kind of support conditions were negotiated. Within hours, Obama's camp clarified what the Contender meant when he called for a unified Jerusalem.
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama did not rule out Palestinian sovereignty over parts of Jerusalem when he called for Israel's capital to remain "undivided," his campaign told The Jerusalem Post Thursday.
"Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel, and it must remain undivided," Obama declared Wednesday, to rousing applause from the 7,000-plus attendees at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee policy conference.
But a campaign adviser clarified Thursday that Obama believes "Jerusalem is a final status issue, which means it has to be negotiated between the two parties" as part of "an agreement that they both can live with."
"Two principles should apply to any outcome," which the adviser gave as: "Jerusalem remains Israel's capital and it's not going to be divided by barbed wire and checkpoints as it was in 1948-1967."
He refused, however, to rule out other configurations, such as the city also serving as the capital of a Palestinian state or Palestinian sovereignty over Arab neighborhoods.
"Beyond those principles, all other aspects are for the two parties to agree at final status negotiations," the Obama adviser said.
Wow! That didn't take long. For a brief moment, Obama sounded presidential. Now he sounds like another one of Hillary's men.
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Having gone all over the map, rhetorically speaking, Obama finally winds up with a blinding glimpse of the obvious: any final agreement has to be acceptable to both the Israelis and the Palestinians.
Wow, what a razor mind! No wonder they made him editor of the Harvard Law Review.
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