Posted on 03/28/2010 11:38:06 PM PDT by Chet 99
U.S. President Barack Obama's demands during his meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last Tuesday point to an intention to impose a permanent settlement on Israel and the Palestinians in less than two years, political sources in Jerusalem say.
Israeli officials view the demands that Obama made at the White House as the tip of the iceberg under which lies a dramatic change in U.S. policy toward Israel.
Of 10 demands posed by Obama, four deal with Jerusalem: opening a Palestinian commercial interests office in East Jerusalem, an end to the razing of structures in Palestinian neighborhoods in the capital, stopping construction in Jewish neighborhoods in East Jerusalem, and not building the neighborhood of Ramat Shlomo.
But another key demand - to discuss the dispute's core issues during the indirect talks that are planned - is perceived in Jerusalem as problematic because it implies that direct negotiations would be bypassed. This would set up a framework through which the Americans would be able to impose a final settlement.
It is not just Obama's demands that are perceived as problematic, but also the new modus operandi of American diplomacy. The fact that the White House and State Department have been in contact with Israel's European allies, first and foremost Germany, is seen as part of an effort to isolate Israel and put enormous political pressure on it.
(Excerpt) Read more at haaretz.com ...
Israel will never to for it.
Hmm, I may have read about this somewhere. Let me think, I may be having a blonde moment - oh yeah, there was a book. Um, it started with a B, and had chapters in this book with numbers, maybe a Daniel, or a Revelation?? Give me a moment - Oh yeah, the BIBLE!
I see lots and lots of ‘Saints” and a mention of those who hold to the testimony of Jesus.:)
(Are we are going to have this argument on the way Up? lol...;))
Thanks for the link... good reading.
Every single time our State Department has pushed for this peace process our country has fallen farther and farther .
It wasn’t even 2 weeks after Bush gave a speech about dividing Jerusalem that the mortgage meltdown started . He promised a sick amount of $$$ in aid to the palestinians .
Ever wonder how much of that aid money came back to help 0 win his election ?
*nod*
He tickled the ears of those who follow a social gospel.
I was raised in a family, church & schools that believe in the pre-Tribulation Rapture, so I personally don’t believe that Christians will have to deal w/ the Tribulation. Both pre- & post-Tribulation views are interesting to me, however.
Yeah it’s fun to debate but I don’t think it’s anything to get worked up over. The one thing I’m worried about is if a pretrib doesn’t happen, how many Christians will be deceived into thinking the Antichrist is really Jesus.
By their fruits ye shall know them.
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