March 21, 201016 yr Obama himself claims that he has launched a political war against Israel in the interest of promoting peace. But this claim, too, does not stand up to scrutiny. On Friday, Obama ordered Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to present Netanyahu with a four-part ultimatum. First, Israel must cancel the approval of the housing units in Ramat Shlomo. Second, Israel must prohibit all construction for Jews in Jerusalem neighborhoods built since 1967. Third, Israel must make a gesture to the Palestinians to show them we want peace. The US suggests releasing hundreds of Palestinian terrorists from Israeli prisons. Fourth, Israel must agree to negotiate all substantive issues, including the partition of Jerusalem (including the Jewish neighborhoods constructed since 1967 that are now home to more than a half million Israelis) and the immigration of millions of hostile foreign Arabs to Israel under the rubric of the so-called “right of return,” in the course of indirect, Obama administration-mediated negotiations with the Palestinians. To date, Israel has maintained that substantive discussions can only be conducted in direct negotiations between Israeli and Palestinian officials. If Israel does not accept all four US demands, then the Obama administration will boycott Netanyahu and his senior ministers. In the first instance, this means that if Netanyahu comes to Washington next week for the AIPAC conference, no senior administration official will meet with him. Obama’s ultimatum makes clear that mediating peace between Israel and the Palestinians is not a goal he is interested in achieving. Obama’s new demands follow the months of American pressure that eventually coerced Netanyahu into announcing both his support for a Palestinian state and a 10-month ban on Jewish construction in Judea and Samaria. No previous Israeli government had ever been asked to make the latter concession. Netanyahu was led to believe that in return for these concessions Obama would begin behaving like the credible mediator his predecessors were. But instead of acting like his predecessors, Obama has behaved like the Palestinians. Rather than reward Netanyahu for taking a risk for peace, Obama has, in the model of Yasser Arafat and Mahmoud Abbas, pocketed Netanyahu’s concessions and escalated his demands. This is not the behavior of a mediator. This is the behavior of an adversary. Link
March 21, 201016 yr The construction will continue... http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100321/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_palestinians
March 21, 201016 yr The construction will continue... http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100321/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_palestinians Good.
March 21, 201016 yr Ultimatum is a strong word. What happens if Isreal doesn't respect Obamer's ultimatum? "The first instance, this means that if Netanyahu comes to Washington next week for the AIPAC conference, no senior administration official will meet with him." :lol:I'm sure Netanyahu's feelings are hurt. Netanyahu was led to believe that in return for these concessions Obama would begin behaving like the credible mediator his predecessors were. But instead of acting like his predecessors, Obama has behaved like the Palestinians. Rather than reward Netanyahu for taking a risk for peace, Obama has, in the model of Yasser Arafat and Mahmoud Abbas, pocketed Netanyahu’s concessions and escalated his demands. This is not the behavior of a mediator. This is the behavior of an adversary. Again, this is funny stuff, but also rather strong too. I love what Isreal is doing.
March 22, 201016 yr Israel has to fight to live where they are in the world or else hundreds of millions of Arabs will rain in on them and slaughther them one by one. If an Arab nation as a chance to deal a great blow to Israel, don't kid yourselves because they WILL take it. The U.S. is one of the few allies that Israel has and I'd hate to see Obama squander our good relationship with them. I know a friend or two who is originally from Israel and they don't like how things are going right now with Obama's stance on Israel and the Palestinians. I'm 100% behind Israel on this one and encourage to keep doing what they are doing in hopes of protecting their people.
March 22, 201016 yr Obama is proving to be exactly what I thought he was................Which is ... ?
March 22, 201016 yr Israel has to fight to live where they are in the world or else hundreds of millions of Arabs will rain in on them and slaughther them one by one. If an Arab nation as a chance to deal a great blow to Israel, don't kid yourselves because they WILL take it. The U.S. is one of the few allies that Israel has and I'd hate to see Obama squander our good relationship with them. I know a friend or two who is originally from Israel and they don't like how things are going right now with Obama's stance on Israel and the Palestinians. I'm 100% behind Israel on this one and encourage to keep doing what they are doing in hopes of protecting their people. I probably don't understand all of this problem but what does expansion of settlements have to do with National Security for Israel? :confused:
March 26, 201016 yr Author 9% of local Jews say US administration pro-Israel; 48% call it pro- Palestinian.
March 26, 201016 yr Obama is making demands of Israel? I thought he said we were not to impress our thinking, ways, values, morals on anyone?
March 26, 201016 yr Obama is making demands of Israel? I thought he said we were not to impress our thinking, ways, values, morals on anyone? We'll only try to impose our will on allies.
March 26, 201016 yr 9% of local Jews say US administration pro-Israel; 48% call it pro- Palestinian. Did you really expect a different poll result??? :lol:
March 26, 201016 yr Author Did you really expect a different poll result??? :lol:Honestly, I'm not sure I'd expect a different result if they polled the Palestinians.
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