Posted on 03/18/2010 3:27:49 PM PDT by Never A Dull Moment
President Obama and secretary of state Hillary Clinton turned down their initial proposals for easing the upset and laid down three pre-conditions for restoring normal relations with Jerusalem:
1. The Netanyahu government must extend the 10-month freeze on West Bank settlement construction to include East Jerusalem; 2. When the moratorium runs out in September, it must be renewed for the duration of peace negotiations with the Palestinians; 3. Israeli must make more concessions to the Palestinian Authority and its chairman Mahmoud Abbas.
The Israeli government was informed that until those conditions were met, its ministers would not be received in Washington by high-level American officials - a virtual boycott, which downgrades the normal diplomatic, strategic and security exchanges between the two administrations to the level of senators and the special Middle East envoy George Mitchell.
Netanyahu tried offering the Obama administration a number of compromise proposals, such as the suspension of construction in East Jerusalem and the city's outlying Jewish suburbs until September, but they were rejected, as was an offer to prohibit further Jewish purchases of land and buildings in Jerusalem's Arab districts during peace negotiations.
Obama and Clinton made it clear they would brook no departures from their three demands, which Israel is required to treat as an ultimatum.
Neither party to the difference has mentioned the US administration's fourth condition for resuming normal relations: an Israeli commitment to refrain from attacking Iran's nuclear program without prior US consent.
Because that commitment has not been offered, administration officials are continuing to hammer Israel in every possible arena. Indeed, the gloves are now off in earnest for insinuations that Israel's settlement policy is the root-cause of Iran's drive for a nuclear bomb and of the conflicts endangering American lives in combat in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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For those who turn their heads, and hide them in the sand, refusing to believe this administration is no different than the Nazis, I don't think pleading, "I didn't know" is going to cut it this time around. I doubt that "The Gentleman Upstairs" is going to be very forgiving.
Ever since obozo has been in office my responses to Freep are 90% “WTF!”
Agreed.
DON’T ANYONE CLAIM THEY DIDN’T KNOW WHAT THE FASCIST DUMS ARE ALL ABOUT.
NO ONE GETS THE CLAIM AS THE GERMAN PULLED. I DIDN’T KNOW.
YOU NOW KNOW.
We don't have the Human intelligence that Israel does. What we get that is of any value, comes primarily from Mossad. Even if Barry believes it's a war, it's clear what side he's rooting for.
OMG.
“1. The Netanyahu government must extend the 10-month freeze on West Bank settlement construction to include East Jerusalem;
2. When the moratorium runs out in September, it must be renewed for the duration of peace negotiations with the Palestinians;
3. Israeli must make more concessions to the Palestinian Authority and its chairman Mahmoud Abbas.”
Absolutely incredible.
Agreed. my response to this: WTF!!!!!!!!????????
The kenyan is making a lot of very dangerous enemies.
Any bets those “Bunker-Buster” bombs Obama is moving to the Middle East are actually for use against Israel???
Would the US military revolt against such an order?
Giving these pallie cowards a shield to take pot shots at Jews from behind?
May lightning strike whoever is responsible for that.
4. An Israeli commitment to refrain from attacking Iran’s nuclear program without prior US consent.
Suggest putting down the Koran and picking up a Bible. Barking up the wrong tree here, Mr. President.
Shame on anyone who claims to care about Israel who voted for him!
Sad to say, if Obama gets his way this WILL be a country, and a civilization, in steep decline.
Jesus said “fear not,” and told His followers what to expect.
This is pretty much all the hope I have at times. But it’s all I need, and without it I would be nothing.
Those are relatively small as BLUs go. Probably would not do much if anything to an Israeli bunker. Might mess things up (by kicking up a mound of sand) around an Iranian bunker.
Same here. My other 10% are "OMG!"
obama has pissed off UK, Japan, Poland, Russia, France, Turkey, Germany, Indonesia and now Israel, in one year. Notice he has not pissed off Iran, Saudia Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain, Yemen, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon or the Palestinians. I think I’m seeing a pattern.
I did know. I didn’t vote for this. And I can tell you that in the midst of the HCR rumbling, my congressman getting shafted, and Obama starting the BS in Israel I have been haunted by an image that he’s going to start a war and we’ll be on the wrong side. Not just the wrong side of a war, but also on the wrong side of history and every that’s good in this world what little left there seems to be.
I want no part of it and if it were within my power to remove him from office I would.
Obama and his radical band of lunatics are heading us toward a horrifying future of worldwide mayhem and poverty. It is happening much faster than I thought possible. It is truly frightening, and causing me to rethink my position on things like the 2012 end of the world mayan prophecy, and the biblical prophecies of the antichrist.
Zero has not only jumped overboard, he has tied an anchor around his neck before jumping. Come on November!!
dont forget hillary’s love affair with the pallistinians
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