By Jill Colvin
DNAinfo Reporter/Producers
MANHATTAN — Mayor Michael Bloomberg warned President Barack Obama's Middle East plan could jeopardize Israel's safety in a sharply-worded statement issued Friday evening.
"America's commitment to Israel's security must be unequivocal and ironclad, which is why I am so concerned that the President's speech yesterday seemed to suggest that the United States expected Israel to make concessions that might jeopardize its safety," the mayor said.
"The recent agreement between Fatah and Hamas makes clear that Israel can take nothing for granted. The United States should not urge Israel to make concessions that would make its borders indefensible and put its citizens at great risk," he said.
During a televised speech on the Middle East Thursday, the president called for a two-state solution based largely on the borders before the 1967 Arab-Israeli War.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu slammed Obama's plan Friday, telling reporters the president failed to understand "the reality of Israel's situation," according to the New York Times.
