Posted on 03/20/2010 1:26:14 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Friday that the Obama administration's decision to ramp up pressure on Israel over construction of Jewish homes in East Jerusalem was bringing results.
In an interview with BBC television, Clinton was asked whether escalating the tone with Israel had paid off.
She said: "I think we're going to see the resumption of the negotiation track and that means that it is paying off because that's our goal." Advertisement
Over the past two weeks Israel has sought to cool American ire over plans for 1,600 new homes in Ramat Shlomo, a Jewish neighborhood that lies beyond the Green Line in East Jerusalem.
Clinton had described the announcement, which coincided with a visit to Israel by U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and led Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to pull out of scheduled U.S.-mediated peace talks, as an "insult".
It was now the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's duty to overcome opposition within his coalition government and ensure that the stalled negotiations moved forward, Clinton told the BBC.
"I think what the prime minister has said repeatedly is that his government and he personally are committed to pursuing these negotiations and he just has to make sure that he brings in everyone else," she said.
"That's his responsibility and it's not something that the United States can or is interested in doing."
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*twitch*
*headdesk*
*explodes*
Frankly I hope Netanyahu tells Mrs. Clinton to take her assumptions and ram them up her proverbial dark spot.
Results will be millions of fewer dollars into the coffers of the RAT party.
The Clintoons and the Fuhrer in our White House are all anti-Semites. The veil has been lifted.
Hit the Reset button. It’s the one the Right.
Amazing.
Iran going nuclear with a directive to wipe Israel off the map and Obama is picking on Israel just to try and look like he is getting something done.
Hillary fiddles, Bill diddles, and Barack dribbles.
This is a very ill-advised time for Obama to pick a fight with Israel.
Iran going nuclear with a directive to wipe Israel off the map and Obama is picking on Israel just to try and look like he is getting something done.
ping
When Iran nukes Israel here’s a link to a map
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php?area=dam&lang=eng
If Obama and Clinton applied half the pressure on rogue states that they apply to our only reliable ally in the area, we’d be in a lot better shape. And I’m afraid to think what “paying off” might mean to Hillary. Whatever it means, it can’t be good for Israel (or us).
Obama To Meet With Netanyahu Next Week Amid Tension Over Settlements
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2475325/posts
It is not, however, “paying off” in the currency desired by the Obama administration; i.e., good will in the Arab nations toward the U.S. in general and the White House in particular. The Arabs continue to hate us, and will do so into the foreseeable future.
What it IS doing is undermining the political stability - indeed, the very existence - of the ONLY reliable American ally in the Middle East.
This, quite naturally, is payoff enough to an administration that is clearly and openly attempting, as best it can, to hobble the United States as it transforms the nation into yet another socialist basket case.
Not even Hamas thought this was “controversial” until Obama invented an issue of it.
No pressure on Iran
No pressure on North Korea
No pressure on Russia
No pressure on China
Let’s beat up Israel.
Obama and the DNC are nothing but bullies.
The Clintons, Obama, and the progressives/marxists are global politicians. They are following orders from the UN/Club in Zurich and not looking out for our best interests. THey want a global economy, healthcare, education, housing, etc...everyone equally poor and living in urban shanties. The wild is to be rewilded aka protected for them only. We are more easily controlled in urbania sectors.
So she admits that this BS was orchestrated?
Does anyone deny that the Dept of State is THE MOST anti-American, far-left department of all the WH departments? It always has been. And with what they are doing to our allies, they are upping the ante.
“Hillary fiddles, Bill diddles, and Barack dribbles”
Sounds like the makings of a good bumper sticker!
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