A Palestinian-American who is Republican asked a question at the Jacksonville debate today.
"As a Palestinian-American Republican, I can tell you that such people do exist," a member of the audience told the GOP candidates at Thursday's debate, referring to Newt Gingrich's comments in December that the Palestinians are an "invented people."
The responses of Mott Romney and Newt Gingrich were predictable.
"The reason there's not peace between the Palestinians and Israel" is that the Palestinian leaderships in the West Bank and Gaza "have the intent to eliminate Israel," Mitt Romney said.
Romney added that Obama "threw Israel under the bus" by calling for a two-state solution that would be based on Israel's borders before the 1967 War, which resulted in Israel's annexing all of Jerusalem and occupying the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
The 1967 borders have long been the basis for the negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. The 1967 borders are the position of the UN.
Israel generally insists on its right to exist as the basis for negotiations and Palestine wants the Israeli construction in the West Bank to stop.
The responses of Mott Romney and Newt Gingrich were predictable.
"The reason there's not peace between the Palestinians and Israel" is that the Palestinian leaderships in the West Bank and Gaza "have the intent to eliminate Israel," Mitt Romney said.
Romney added that Obama "threw Israel under the bus" by calling for a two-state solution that would be based on Israel's borders before the 1967 War, which resulted in Israel's annexing all of Jerusalem and occupying the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
The 1967 borders have long been the basis for the negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. The 1967 borders are the position of the UN.
Israel generally insists on its right to exist as the basis for negotiations and Palestine wants the Israeli construction in the West Bank to stop.
Newt took the hardline neo-conservative position.
