Posted on 12/02/2019 10:49:51 AM PST by DoodleDawg
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he and President Trump discussed the possibilities of a U.S-Israel defense treaty as well as Israeli annexation of the Jordan Valley in the West Bank in their call last night.
Why it matters: This is mostly about domestic political positioning for Netanyahu as he and opposition politician Benny Gantz stare down a Dec. 11 deadline to form a government. Netanyahu gave the impression that Trump was favorably disposed toward both goals and called on Gantz to form a unity government to accomplish them.
Between the lines: If neither Netanyahu nor Gantz can get 61 members of the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, to support their government, Israel will have its third elections in less than a year. Both Gantz and Netanyahu, who is facing three corruption indictments, blame the other for the impasse.
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Looks they’re running out the clock and we’re onto new elections.
Whys is trump disusing possible military and diplomatic topics with foreign leaders with out House approval? </sarcasm/>
I wonder what the calculus is regarding the Palestinian population. Were they discussing annexing the entirety of the West Bank or just the settlements?
I suspect there is more context in regards to how all this fits with the “deal of the century”, the $50 billion proposed aid which is rumored to include expanding Gaza into parts of the Sinai... and perhaps a sense that the Palestinian national movement is collapsing without a defined leadership chain and competing groups & militias.
No wonder our Founding Fathers scrapped the idea of a parliamentary style of government; can you imagine twenty or thirty different parties trying to form a coalition to rule? It’s fun watching the Brits and other parliamentary governments try to work out deals.
My response would be, “its your country and your neighborhood and your necks on the line”. You decide, we’re your friend, not your boss.
Bibi should have done this years and years ago.
About all he does is talk really well (he has a genuine talent) and
block much-needed home and community building .. causing tremendous and needless hardships for many his people
while he protects, finances, and otherwise enables the enemy Occupation of the Jewish Promised Land
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