Relations between the White House and Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remain strained, after a confluence of U.S. policy statements and Israeli response has left the two countries’ leaderships at odds on the path towards peace. The diplomatic strife comes mainly from comments the president made in a speech last week saying that land swaps and a general return to pre-1967 borders in the area was the best way forward for Palestinians and Israelis. But what has America’s relationship been with these borders for the last 44 years? For more is historian Kenneth C. Davis, author of “Don’t Know Much About History: Everything You Need to Know About American History but Never Learned.”
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