Laugh it up, Mitchell.
Posted on 08/27/2009 7:22:43 AM PDT by Cinnamon Girl
BERLIN - The Obama administration has agreed to Israel's request to remove East Jerusalem from negotiations on the impending settlement freeze.
According to both Israeli officials and Western diplomats, U.S. envoy to the Middle East George Mitchell has recognized the fact that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cannot announce a settlement freeze in East Jerusalem. The officials said the U.S. will not endorse new construction there, but would not demand Jerusalem publicly announce a freeze.
Netanyahu presented a proposal on Wednesday for resolving the ongoing Israeli-American dispute over construction in the settlements. In a meeting with Mitchell, Netanyahu suggested a temporary freeze, reportedly for nine months, on construction in the West Bank, a government source said.
Netanyahu also said that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' reported willingness to meet with him was "a positive first step."
The Americans are slated to respond to Netanyahu's proposal at a meeting in Washington next week between Mitchell and two Israeli officials: Netanyahu's envoy, attorney Yitzhak Molcho, and Defense Minister Ehud Barak's chief of staff, Brig. Gen. Mike Herzog.
Mitchell himself will return to Jerusalem in the second week of September with the goal of finalizing an agreement.
The new Israeli proposal will exclude some 2,500 housing units on which construction has already started.
Additionally, in special cases where it is necessary to keep "normal life," Netanyahu wants to be able to erect public buildings in the settlements - mainly kindergartens and schools.
Finally, Israel wants the freeze to have a clear "exit plan." In Israel's view, the freeze is a confidence-building measure that must be matched by reciprocal steps from the PA and Arab states. If these fail to materialize, Israel wants an American guarantee that it will not oppose renewed building.
(Excerpt) Read more at haaretz.com ...
Laugh it up, Mitchell.
This is the BIBI ping list.
Bibi is so far superior in intellect to these Obotomized cretins that it is laughable ;-)
You’ve got that right. Bibi was best and brightest category at MIT which means he has to have Oinquebama and H KKKlintler by something like 40 IQ points. Getting rid of him was a very major policy priority for the KKKlintler admin and it’s the first (hopefully of many) to be reversed.
Way to Go BIBI!!!!
Current news is so depressing that I have been spending time looking at my mother’s videos from 1991 and the coverage of the Gulf War - Desert Storm. Bibi was as positive then as he is now.
Betcha Mitchell couldn’t care less. It’s not his Presidency crashing and burning, and he gets his incredibly generous pension even if Israel turns Iran into a parking lot.
Sounds like Bibi is in charge.
Lots of housing to go ahead including new construction in West Bank for :normal living,” Palestinians must meet some conditions, deal sunsets 9 months, and US has to allow them to construct freely after that.
The list, ping
Two steps forward, one step back — the Obamanation will stick to his unfounded demand for a killing off Jewish populations in Judah and Samaria. Thanks dervish.
If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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OK, we're back to GWB's policy, we'll see if the SOS breaks ranks.
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