(Asharq Al-Awsat-UK) Hiba Al-Qudsi - In an interview, Gamal Helal, a former adviser to U.S. presidents for Middle East affairs, said the Arab stance toward negotiations always started and ended on the consideration that the 1967 borders are the basis of negotiations. However, the surprise is that Obama has considered this principle from now on to be the basis of U.S. policy in the issue of the Middle East peace process. "The U.S. stance in all the past years has been to agree to the solutions agreed by the sides through the negotiations without the United States stipulating anything, so that this stipulation would not be an obstacle at the negotiations." "This new thesis, which President Obama presented in his Thursday speech, supports the Arab viewpoint, and is a basic hindrance for the Israeli side, which links the size of Israel before 1967 to the ability to defend it."
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