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Mitt Romney said that the Palestinians are not interested in peace
with Israel and that a settlement is not possible at a fundraiser in
Boca Raton, Florida in May, according to video of the event released by Mother Jones Tuesday morning. On Monday, Mother Jones released video of Romney saying 47 percent of Americans believe they are "victims" who deserve to live off of government checks.
"I look at the Palestinians not wanting to see peace anyway, for
political purposes, committed to the destruction and elimination of
Israel, and these thorny issues, and I say there's just no way," Romney
said, responding to a donor who asked about the possibility of peace
between Israel and Palestine.
Romney continued, saying that peace is not attainable and there's
nothing to do now: "[S]o what you do is, you say, you move things along
the best way you can. You hope for some degree of stability, but you
recognize that this is going to remain an unsolved problem…and we kick
the ball down the field and hope that ultimately, somehow, something
will happen and resolve it."
Romney said that pressuring Israel toward a settlement is a bad idea.
"The idea of pushing on the Israelis to give something up to get the
Palestinians to act is the worst idea in the world," Romney said.
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