Issue Position: Israel

Issue Position

The decades of diplomatic initiatives by the United States, also the principal ally of the Jewish state, for a peaceful resolution for the conflict has continued to be unsuccessful, although analysts have pointed out the grudging, although gradual acceptance among the Arab nations of Israel's right to exist, which stands in stark contrast to the earlier pledges of annihilating the Jewish nation.

As the Israelis continue to trumpet its ancestral and biblical rights for this land, the Palestinians are equally vociferous in their claim, backed by legal and historical precedents.

* I believe that Israel has every right to exist and I support it without reservation.

* I think peace talks can't start until everyone puts down their arms and the international community needs to insist on this.

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