14:35 ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nUS President Barack Obama and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu have admitted to “differences” on the path to Mid-East peace, after they met in Washington.<\/p>\n
The talks came after Mr Obama said in a key speech that any future Palestinian state must be based on the borders that existed prior to the 1967 war.<\/p>\n
A defiant Mr Netanyahu said there may be some concessions but stressed the 1967 lines were “indefensible”.<\/p>\n
He said that there could be no peace “based on illusions”.<\/p>\n
“[It] will crash eventually on the rocks of Middle East reality,” Mr Netanyahu said.<\/p>\n
Mr Obama said the pair had discussed the changes sweeping the region and how they affected the security of the US and Israel.<\/p>\n
He said the situation meant there were both “opportunities” and “perils”.<\/p>\n
‘Rocks of reality’<\/span><\/p>\nMr Obama said there were differences between the US and Israel on a future state for Palestinians, but that such disputes occurred “between friends”.<\/p>\n
He did not bring up the matter of the borders in his joint conference with Mr Netanyahu.<\/p>\n
Mr Obama said Palestinians faced “tough choices” following the recent reconciliation deal between Fatah, which runs the West Bank, and Hamas, which governs Gaza and still denies Israel’s right to exist.<\/p>\n
He said true peace could only occur if Israel was allowed to defend itself against threats.<\/p>\n
Mr Netanyahu also said that “we may have differences here and there”.<\/p>\n
He said: “While Israel is prepared to make generous compromises for peace, it cannot go back to the 1967 lines because these lines are indefensible.<\/p>\n
“They do not take into account certain demographic changes on the ground that have taken place over the last 44 years.”<\/p>\n
But Mr Netanyahu insisted he valued Mr Obama’s efforts, saying: “Israel wants peace, I want peace.”<\/p>\n
He vowed to work with Mr Obama, saying: “History will not give the Jewish people another chance.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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