Not only were there agreements, but the prime minister of Israel relied on them in undertaking a wrenching political reorientation - the dissolution of his government, the removal of every single Israeli citizen, settlement and military position in Gaza, and the removal of four small settlements in the West Bank. This was the first time Israel had ever removed settlements outside the context of a peace treaty, and it was a major step.
Clinton made Obama's sinister intentions clearer on 25 November 2009:
We believe that through good-faith negotiations the parties can mutually agree on an outcome which ends the conflict and reconciles the Palestinian goal of an independent and viable state based on the 1967 lines, with agreed swaps, and the Israeli goal of a Jewish state with secure and recognized borders that reflect subsequent developments and meet Israeli security requirements.
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Bush's letter had never mentioned "agreed swaps" – signalling abandonment of the Bush-Congress commitments if Obama himself confirmed Clinton's statements.
Eighteen months later that confirmation eventuated - Obama declaring on 19 May 2011:
The borders of Israel and Palestine should be based on the 1967 lines with mutually agreed swaps, so that secure and recognized borders are established for both states."
Michael Oren – Israel's former Ambassador to Washington between 2009 and 2013 – has called for the Bush letter to be resuscitated. Clinton can do this by distancing herself from Obama's attempt to trash it.
Trump's assertion that "your friends need to know that you will stick by the agreements that you have with them" is meaningless unless Trump pledges to unconditionally honour those Bush-Congress commitments.
Halting America's rapidly declining trustworthiness and diplomatic integrity demands Clinton and Trump so act.
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