White House adviser: Israeli occupation 'a recipe for resentment'

During a speech at Haaretz’s international conference, White House Coordinator for the Middle East, Philip Gordon, said:

"Israel confronts an undeniable reality: it cannot maintain military control of another people indefinitely. Doing so is not only wrong but a recipe for resentment and recurring instability. It will embolden extremists on both sides, tear at Israel’s democratic fabric, and feed mutual dehumanization.

"As [US President Barack Obama] has said, neither occupation nor expulsion is the answer.  Just as Israelis built a state in their homeland, Palestinians have a right to be a sovereign, free, and secure people in their own land."