(Jerusalem Post) Hilary Leila Krieger and Herb Keinon - Israel expressed satisfaction on Saturday night that Secretary of State Clinton came out unequivocally against an imposed diplomatic solution in her Middle East policy speech Friday. One government official said that Clinton's saying there should be no imposed solution was one of three important elements Jerusalem saw in her speech. The second element was stressing that future borders must "protect Israel's security" - diplomatic code for not insisting that Israel had to return to the pre-1967 lines, which are widely deemed by the government as indefensible. Third, Clinton said that the core issues must be dealt with together, not separately. Israel has adamantly opposed Palestinian demands that the issue of borders be decided within 90 days, without tackling security arrangements - the disarmament of a Palestinian state and an IDF presence on the Jordan River - that Jerusalem deems necessary to enable any Israeli withdrawal.
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