Posted on 07/02/2010 4:16:26 PM PDT by Nachum
If he plays his cards wisely, he can say no to Obama and avoid an open confrontation.
Just ahead of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s trip next week to Washington, Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas went on a charm offensive towards the Israeli media. On Tuesday, Abbas invited representatives of the Hebrew-language press to his office in Ramallah and assured them of his good intentions towards Israel.
We have been here before. In Netanyahu’s last go-around as prime minister, it seemed like every time he was due to visit Washington, then president Bill Clinton’s advisers would set up a meeting for Abbas’s predecessor Yasser Arafat with the Israeli media. Arafat would talk about how much he wanted peace with Israel, and how he was just waiting for Netanyahu to agree to embrace the cause of peace.
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Don’t come to Washington Bibi, They will say nothing you want to hear.
Bibi needs to Man Up go take care of business,, Obama is not going to cover his butt even when I’mAnutJob starts lobbing nukes!!! Obama is a pacifist socialist!
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