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President Barack Obama has done away with two key elements of US-Israeli strategic relations: His administration has given up on stiff UN Security Council sanctions on Iran over its nuclear drive, and gone back on the longstanding American commitment assuring Israel of recognized and defensible borders in any future accommodation with its Arab neighbors.
In the administration’s message of congratulations to Israel on its 62nd Day of Independence, US Secretary of state Hillary Clinton mentions “recognized borders” while omitting the traditional “defensible.”

By omitting “defensible borders” from her message, Secretary Clinton spoke for the first US administration to abdicate its guarantee of defensible borders as a fundamental component of Israel’s security, thereby nullifying her and the US president’s pledge not to “waver in protecting Israel’s security.”

This key omission led to another worrying question about Israel’s future borders: By whom must they be recognized in the view of the Obama administration?

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