Obama runs out of patience with Israel
By Donald Macintyre, The Independent
Obama is not getting anywhere with Netanyahu
The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday strongly defended Jewish settlement construction in East Jerusalem in the face of US pressure and what one of his own top diplomats described as the worst crisis in relations with Washington for more than three decades.
A defiant Mr Netanyahu appeared to be digging in despite clear indications that the Obama administration is now demanding the scrapping of plans for 1,600 new Jewish homes, whose announcement overshadowed last week’s visit to Israel by the US Vice-President Joe Biden. Mr Netanyahu’s stance appeared to guarantee, after a highly charged week, the protraction of a stand-off in which a full-scale diplomatic row blew up at the start of Mr Biden’s visit and appeared to abate at the end of it. But it was then reignited by demands from Hillary Clinton and an angry White House that Israel make amends for the "insulting" announcement just as indirect negotiations with the Palestinians had finally been arranged.
The US is now said to be demanding substantive concessions from Israel after a warning by the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas that he would not take part in talks if the plan to expand the mainly ultra-orthodox Ramat Shlomo settlement went ahead. The row has appeared finally to bring to a head the year-long tensions between the two governments since Barack Obama tried in vain to persuade the Israeli Prime Minister to agree to a total settlement freeze. He was thwarted by Mr Netanyahu who agreed only to a partial 10-month freeze, which did not include East Jerusalem.
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March 16th, 2010 at 9:19 am
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March 16th, 2010 at 4:20 pm
Mr. Obama – You are running out of patience with Israel?
Many of us are running out of patience with YOU!!
Furthermore, you had better be careful about your attitude and treatment
of Israel. God in His Holy Word has much to say about those who
abandon that land. He will judge those who are in His disfavor!!
March 16th, 2010 at 5:55 pm
The idea that we have any business telling Israel what to do is absurd. They deserve our support and for the USA to have an attitude that we are so arragant to play such games with our friends is evidence that Obama had to go out to the world to appologize in advance for our arrogance.
March 16th, 2010 at 10:51 pm
Maybe the Mossad will now be willing to dig out and expose his birth records. He should know better than to screw with the jews. They mean business. I wonder who he will appeal to for help when he finds himself facing a firing squad for treason.
March 16th, 2010 at 4:51 pm
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