Posted on 05/01/2009 4:34:55 PM PDT by Ranald S. MacKenzie
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is reportedly contemplating making a deal with the Obama administration in an effort to encourage a more forceful American response to the Iranian regime.
According to The Jerusalem Post Thursday, Netanyahu may agree to some form of implementation of the so-called Arab peace plan in exchange for an American pledge to more robustly oppose Tehran's nuclear program.
This Arab plan calls for Israel to withdraw from all land it has controlled since the Six Day War - including Judea, Samaria, the Dead Sea/Jordan Valley and the Golan Heights - and the granting of blanket rights for all "Palestinian" "refugees" to "return home."
In exchange for this abandonment of historical and biblical Jewish lands and the opening of the doors to an Arab deluge - acts which will mean national suicide - the Arab states say seductively, they will establish full, normal relations with what will be left of Israel.
Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has signaled Washington and Europe of the new Israeli government's intention to revise the repeatedly-failed land-for-peace approach to the Israeli-"Palestinian" conflict.
Netanyahu is expected to face enormous pressure to change this stance when he visits Washington on May 18.
It is already in play: President Barack Obama and his state department have repeatedly if diplomatically rejected any Israeli questioning of the viability of the "two-state-solution."
Pundits expect that Netanyahu will be accorded a frosty reception at the White House and that Obama's gloves will come off. Administration officials answering journalists' questions in this way, "assured" them that the president was looking forward to hosting the Israeli.
In part because of the widespread media speculation, Netanyahu's policy review team is understood to be brainstorming ways to avoid any form of clash that could harden Obama's heart towards Israel.
But concerned critics warn that any indication by Netanyahu of a willingness to soften his stand on land-for-peace could backfire; Obama could wield it as proof that Israel is not really ready to reject this policy as bankrupt, and insist that Israel continue to embrace it whether or not the US change the way it deals with Iran.
I highly doubt Bibi would settle for just a pledge.
How about we stop sending taxpayer funded welfare to Israel, and stop telling them what to do?
Fine. But lets stop sending welfare to the arabs first.
Please allow me to quote the Reverend Horton Heat:
Sunset lights the sky
And there’s a shadow over me
Black clouds in the east
And there’s a twister underneath
A long black limousine
And there’s a demon at the wheel
And ol’ sly Satan’s in the back
He says he wants to make a deal
A fire breathing whisper singe my ear, but there’s no one to be seen
Coming out my rear view mirror is ol’ sly Satan’s limousine
You sell your soul to the devil he’ll give you everything you see
But when the devil comes collecting you gonna be paying for eternity
The Devil’s chasing me
Devil, roll your window down
And look me in the eye
No, I did not make no deal
So don’t wait for me to die
He’s got a red and black tuxedo, he’s got a hellhound driving limousine
He’s got a fire breathing demon driver who is life satanic fiend
He’s got a black goatee and javalina teeth and a rattlesnake on his sleeve
He’s got pointy red boots with diamond studs
And a smile made to deceive
The Devil’s chasing me
He’s got a red and black tuxedo, he’s got a hellhound driving limousine
He’s got a fire breathing demon driver who is life satanic fiend
He’s got a black goatee and javalina teeth and a rattlesnake on his sleeve
He’s got pointy red boots with diamond studs
And a smile made to deceive
The Devil’s chasing me
You can’t commit suicide in hopes of gaining Obama’s favor.
His “favor” won’t be enough to save you at that point, and you won’t get it anyway. His heart already belongs to another.
Get ready. Bad weather is coming.
“According to The Jerusalem Post Thursday, Netanyahu may agree to some form of implementation of the so-called Arab peace plan in exchange for an American pledge to more robustly oppose Tehran’s nuclear program.”
Uh, yeah, sure....
Never give land for peace! Make the bastards take it! And when they can’t, take their whole country! Lay it to waste if needed!
I highly doubt Bibi is stupid enough to trust someone named Hussein. This is political posturing. He has to make nice with the Obama administration, but he is no fool.
Bibi is far more intelligent & astute than BO. My hunch is he will roll a lot of shiny objects around to keep Barry distracted as he sets about protecting his country.
I think it's brilliant. Bibi calls O's bluff. Hamas would never accept, and Fatah couldn't accept alone. Like Obama, Bibi will try diplomacy first. Unlike Obama, he'll quickly move to other means once diplomacy fails; Israel can then justify taking out Iran's nukes themselves.
This would be making a deal with the Devil. That never goes well...
Not one inch Bibi!
'harden Obama's heart' We have a frakin' Pharoah here folks!
Bibi NO!
Don’t do it.
It’s the same old trap.
Take your stand, we are with you.
May divine providence protect us both.
Bibi could carve up Israel until it was one square block for the Jews & the muslims would still want to blow it off the map. The idea this is about land is ludicrous, it’s about an insane ideology.
I thought Bibi was a feirce critic of Oslo and the 2-state plan. And don’t tell me he expects 0bama will actually take action against Iran. Sorry Israel, but knocking out Iran is going to have to be your job.
Something is weird about this story. No way Netanyahu is that dumb. I think he’s just trying to lure 0 into attacking Iran with the bait of a Palestinian state which 0 so desperately wants, but a.) why can’t Israel take care of Iran, and b.) I can’t see Bibi actually giving the Palis an independent state.
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