Am I reading this right? Obamanation is trying to shove Israel into a corner, by threat. G-d damn the Marxist Moselm and his anti-Israel, anti-American, unAmerican regime.
I believe that this whole tit for tat started when Israel went public with their refusal to be rebuked by Obama. Here is the sequence of events this weekend as I understood them.
'US failed to convince Netanyahu to halt construction' http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=195159 U.S.: We'll oppose delegitimization of Israel in exchange for settlement freeze
http://www.haaretz.com/misc/article-print-page/u-s-offers-israel-incentives-package-in-exchange-for-3-month-settlement-freeze-1.324496?trailingPath=2.169,2.216,2.217,
The Obama administration did not seek to confront Israel publicly on the issue of plans for new building in east Jerusalem neighborhoods, a White House official told American Jewish leaders in a conference call http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=195164
Saturday night: Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has convened his top mini-Cabinet of seven ministers for an emergency meeting in which they will vote on the United States demand that Israel re-freeze Jewish construction in Judea and Samaria for another three months. In exchange, the U.S. promises 20 jet fighters, as well as an automatic veto of any anti-Israel resolution or demand in the United Nations. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/140611
My take is that Isreal is sensing Obama is weak politically and so they are forcing the administration's hand publicly. Even the public statements about an emergency cabinet meeting is more theater to alarm US Jews and shake support for Obama. It kind of sounds like the administration is becomeing unhinged. -Making fraudulent sounding offers on things that were guaranteed in the past.