President Obama on Sunday Refused to Back Away from His New Middle East Vision

President Obama on Sunday Refused to Back Away from His New Middle East Vision: "

President Barack Obama on Sunday refused to back away from his new Middle East peacemaking vision that has angered Israel, as he addressed the Jewish state's staunchest American supporters amid a deep rift in U.S.-Israeli ties.

But Obama, seeking to soothe Israeli fury over his stance that peace talks should start on the basis of Israel's 1967 borders, made clear he expected Israel and the Palestinians to negotiate land swaps that would allow Israel to keep some Jewish settlements.

Obama spoke to Washington's most powerful pro-Israel lobbying group three days after he endorsed a longstanding Palestinian demand on the borders of their future state that could require big Israeli concessions of occupied land.

The speech followed a testy encounter at the White House on Friday with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who vowed Israel would never pull back to its old borders that he regarded as 'indefensible.'

Obama's appearance before the annual assembly of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) served as a stark reminder that his new formula for Middle East peace could cost him support among Jewish and pro-Israel voters and donors as he runs for re-election in 2012.

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