Posted on 11/14/2010 3:39:42 AM PST by sukhoi-30mki
U.S. offers Israel warplanes in return for new settlement freeze
Netanyahu presents security cabinet with Clinton's incentive of 20 F-35 fighter planes and security guarantees in exchange for 90-day West Bank building moratorium.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's seven-member inner cabinet discussed Saturday an offer by the United States to reinstate a freeze on West Bank Settlement construction in return for a package of incentives.
Netanyahu presented Saturday the U.S. offer, which was discussed by Netanyahu and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday, to the forum of seven.
According to the offer Israel would stop construction in the West Bank for 90 days. The freeze includes construction that began after the end of the first settlement moratorium on September 26.
The moratorium would not apply to construction in East Jerusalem. The U.S. will not ask Israel to extend the new moratorium when it expires.
Saeb Erekat, the Palestinian negotiator, said the Americans had not officially informed the Palestinians about the details of the proposal, "but they know we have a major problem in not including east Jerusalem".
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will put the U.S. plan before Palestinian decision-makers and call for an immediate session of Arab League officials before announcing an official decision, Erekat said.
In return for an Israeli freeze, the U.S. government would deliver 20 F-35 fighter jets to Israel, a deal worth $3 billion. Moreover, if an Israeli-Palestinian agreement is achieved, the U.S. would sign a comprehensive security agreement with Israel. The U.S. and Israel are to discuss the nature of the new security arrangements in the next few weeks.
According to "The Cable" blog, White House Middle East adviser Dan Shapiro told a group of American Jewish leaders on Friday that U.S. was committed to fighting delegitimization of Israel,
(Excerpt) Read more at haaretz.com ...
Also in exchange for the freeze:
“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
Zero is the first president to rule “by default” against Israel, unless they do his bidding. Standing up for Israel is what is right, and should not require “conditions”. Clinton’s love affair with the PA is well documented.
Thanks; interesting piece of history.
More planes — which were already agreed to anyway — for a 90 day freeze.
Israel will say no, as well they should.
Thanks sukhoi-30mki.
Give them the NEW bunker Busters that Obama interdicted when they were on the way to Israel!!!!They are rumored to be stored on Diego Garcia.
Why don’t we just let Israel tend to the business of governing Israel and stay the hell out of it?
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Heeeey! That’s a good idea!
There is a lot more to this story than the headlines. There is no way we give Israel those planes for a 90 day freeze. The end of the 90 days probably includes an American led push to impose a settlement on the two sides and/or a lot of disincentives if Israel doesn’t conclude a deal quickly.
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