Obama -- His administration, unable to significantly advance peace talks between both side, has called for a two-state solution based on the 1967 borders between Israel and Palestine. Has condemned Palestinian efforts to "delegitimize" Israel and seek independent status at the U.N.
Obama has a notably cool and often frustrated relationship with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but both administrations tout unprecedented U.S.-Israeli security ties. Together, they've just conducted the largest ever joint military exercise. U.S. military aid topped $3.1 billion this year, its highest ever amount. Obama has said the United States will stand by Israel's side if it attacks – or is attacked by – Iran.
Romney -- Publicly supports a two-state solution to be negotiated by the Israelis and Palestinians. He has not said what the parameters of that deal should be, nor if he'd support the 1967 borders as a starting point for talks. Romney has also said he would cut aid to Palestine if leaders there continued to push for recognition at the United Nations. But in a secretly recorded conversation with donors in May, Romney was more blunt, saying, "The Palestinians have no interest whatsoever in establishing peace, and the pathway to peace is almost unthinkable to accomplish ... [so] what you do is, you say, you move things along the best way you can. You hope for some degree of stability, but you recognize that this is going to remain an unsolved problem, and we kick the ball down the field and hope that, ultimately, somehow, something will happen and resolve it."
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