Posted on 05/29/2009 4:49:53 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
Last night, shortly after U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told journalists that the Obama administration "wants to see a stop to settlements -- not some settlements, not outposts, not natural growth exceptions," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called a confidante. Referring to Clinton's call for a settlement freeze, Netanyahu groused, "What the hell do they want from me?" according to his associate, who added, "I gathered that he heard some bad vibes in his meetings with [U.S.] congressional delegations this week."
In the 10 days since Netanyahu and President Barack Obama held a meeting at the White House, the Obama administration has made clear in public and private meetings with Israeli officials that it intends to hold a firm line on Obama's call to stop Israeli settlements. According to many observers in Washington and Israel, the Israeli prime minister, looking for loopholes and hidden agreements that have often existed in the past with Washington, has been flummoxed by an unusually united line that has come not just from Obama White House and the secretary of state, but also from pro-Israel congressmen and women who have come through Israel for meetings with him over Memorial Day recess. To Netanyahu's dismay, Obama doesn't appear to have a hidden policy. It is what he said it was.
"This is a sea change for Netanyahu," a former senior Clinton administration official who worked on Middle East issues said. The official said that the basis of the Obama White House's resolve is the conviction that it is in the United States' as well as Israel's interest to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. "We have significant, existential threats that Israel faces from Iran and that the U.S. faces from this region.
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Just like previous posters, a blind deaf and mute person can see that Obama and his minions want the Jews in Israel dead. Bibi needs to send a clear message to Hillary and Obama, FUBO written on the Israeli Flag.
They want you to die, Prime Minister.
Referring to Clinton's call for a settlement freeze, Netanyahu groused, "What the hell do they want from me?" according to his associate, who added, "I gathered that he heard some bad vibes in his meetings with [U.S.] congressional delegations this week." In the 10 days since Netanyahu and President Barack Obama held a meeting at the White House, the Obama administration has made clear in public and private meetings with Israeli officials that it intends to hold a firm line on Obama's call to stop Israeli settlements.
I would prefer Bibi as POTUS as opposed to Hussein TOTUS.
It is unfortunate, but Bibi caved at Wye River, and one wonders if he will do the same here.
Obama likes to play hardball with our allies and goes soft on the real troublemakers in the world. The settlements are just this week’s excuse. If it wasn’t the settlements it would be something else. Israel’s actions, or inaction, are not the obstacle to peace in the the middle east. Ehud Barak showed that in August 2000 when he offered Arafat the sun, moon, and stars, only to have Arafat refuse. Israel has no partner for peace on the Palestinian side, rather it has multiple factions warring against it.
We are on a collision course with destiny
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