January 10, 2008
President Bush Discusses Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process
King David Hotel
Jerusalem
www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/01/20080110-3.html
5:27 P.M. (LOCAL)
THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon. I’d like to, first, thank Prime Minister Olmert and President Abbas for their hospitality during my trip here to the Holy Land. We had very good meetings, and now is the time to make difficult choices. I underscored to both [...]

The Arab League and the anti-Israel left wing activists in the US, Europe and Israel commonly claim that any Jewish building outside of the 1949 Armistice lines is illegal and contravenes international law. They fail to point out what provision of which international law is violated, but they point out that most of the members [...]

This week is the 40th anniversary of the Six Day War, where Israel miraculously survived the onslaught of an attack by all the armies of its Arab neighbors. The survival of Israel is the source many organized protests in Israel, Europe and the US.

Resolution 242 (1967)
of 22 November 1967

The Security Council,
Expressing its continuing concern with the grave situation in the Middle East,
Emphasizing the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by war and the need to work for a just and lasting peace in which every State in the area can live in security,
Emphasizing further that all Member States [...]