guarantee israel's security and recognize its identity as a jewish state. those 1967 borders were in place before the six-day war in which israel captured the golan heights, the sinai peninsula, the west bank and gaza strip from its neighbors. since then, nearly half a million israeli-jews have settled in those areas and giving that land back to create a palestinian state is an idea israel rejects. mr. obama's statement puts pressure on israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu on eve of a high-profile visit to the united states. immediately after the speech, netanyahu called the idea indefensible. but mr. obama had plenty to anger the palestinians, too. calling for a non-militarized palestinian state, criticizing the palestinian unity agreement between fatah and extremist group hamas, and trying to head off their plans to seek recognition at the u.n. general assembly. >> symbolic actions to isolate