Rep. Shelley Berkley and Sen. Harry Reid are in lock step with President
Barack Obama when it comes to most of his domestic policies: They've been executors of his health care plan, defenders of the stimulus, and champions of his stances on energy, immigration and social spending.
But on foreign policy, Berkley and Reid appear to be parting ways with the president, and they're doing it over Israel.
Obama took the bold step last week by becoming the first U.S. president
to publicly endorse a two-state solution to end the protracted Israeli-Palestinian conflict based on pre-1967 lines, in a speech delivered on the eve of a diplomatic visit from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
That didn't sit well with Nevada's Democratic delegation. Berkley was
the first to sound an alarm, saying she was "extremely troubled by President Obama's call for Israel to 'act boldly' for peace" and "also deeply concerned by any calls for Israel to return to the armistice line that existed before 1967 - that line left Israel far too vulnerable to
outside attack."
Reid followed suit a few days later, with a shout-out to Berkley and Nevada's "fastest-growing Jewish community in the country."
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http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2011/may/27/reid-berkley-part-ways-president-over-israel/
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