Debbie Wasserman Schultz, head of the Democratic National Committee, in the Sun Sentinel:
Now more than ever, Israel needs America’s unwavering support as it faces an unavoidable demographic reality. Between the rapidly growing Palestinian population, the uncertainty of the changes sweeping the Middle East and North Africa, and the intention of the Palestinians to unilaterally declare a Palestinian state at the United Nations this fall with international pressure to validate this unacceptable action, this is a watershed moment for Israel.
Robert Wexler also in the Sun Sentinel deplores the Palestinian statehood initiative andechoes Obama on “demographic realities” (maybe gerrymandering Palestinians into a Palestinian state, not clear):
Since a large proportion of the Israeli settlers live in areas adjacent to and contiguous with the 1967 lines, there are multiple border scenarios that would allow Israel to annex the vast majority of the 500,000 Israelis living beyond the 1967 lines. Thus, land swaps along the 1967 lines “allow the parties themselves to account for the changes that have taken place over the last 44 years, including the new demographic realities on the ground and the needs of both sides,” President Obama reiterated at AIPAC.
