Posted on 02/02/2009 10:13:45 PM PST by Jet Jaguar
Palestinian officials rejoice at 'new tone' of White House
The Palestinian Authority received a guarantee from President Obama's administration that understandings reached with Israel during U.S.-backed negotiations while President Bush was in office would be utilized as starting points for current and future talks with the Jewish state, top PA officials told WND.
With new general Israeli elections scheduled for next week, the move could limit the incoming Israeli prime minister, since the PA can point to points of agreement during previous talks between Bush and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
The PA officials, speaking on condition their names be withheld, said they were enthusiastic about the new tone of the White House and about recent meetings with Obama's Mideast envoy, former Democratic Sen. George Mitchell. They said they believe that under Obama the Palestinians can extract from Israel concessions reaching "much further" than during talks held under the previous administration.
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I thought DemocRATS didn’t believe in the “withdrawal method”.
LOLCAT. The Kenyan is going to have alot more than stupid Americans pissed off after he can’t deliver.
Dear lord....
Through it all I never believed, in my wildest dreams, I'd be saying TOLD YOU SO so soon.
Bet Bibi will beg to differ....
It will be quite interesting if Netyanahu and the Likud win the Israeli election....and how he deals with Obama and the anti-Semitic Democrats
My Dad of 70+ years states that he’s never seen anything like this. We have nightly discussions on what to do if this get’s worse.
I’m glad my Dad isn’t around to see this.
Benjamin Netanyahu will set the Kenyan straight.
What's the over/under time for him putting a carrier in the Med in support of the PA?
This will likely prove a strong test of Bibi’s will. Obama will prefer a peacenik line, but if Bibi is really determined and rallies Israelis, he can buck, and I think Zero will back down. After all, Zero knows how much it cost Jimmuh politically when he strongarmed Menachem Begin. Bill Clinton showed he understood that lesson when he ran in 1992 as more pro-Israel than GWB (who wanted to condition loan guarantees on a settlement freeze, and was harmed by James Baker’s reported “F**k the Jews” remark). Zero’s rotten as the day as the day is long, but I’m sure he wants to be reelected, and wouldn’t want to be seen bullying an insistant Israeli prime minister. Americans might tolerate Hussein betraying all our interests, but not Israel’s.
Does it still look as if Bibi and the Likud Party will win?
Obambi thinks he owns Israel now. What a combination this nancy is: self-delusional with no experience or administrative skills whatsoever. He’s a sinking ship.
Must be a talking point. Israel will never in ten million years give up the West Bank. To do so would invite a a war in which the country would be overrun and destroyed.
Me too. Me too.
Obama is a bigger fool than we thought. This bodes badly
for the U.S. This on top of requesting military budget cuts!
Impeachment!
If Obama considers this withdrawl seriously he will destroy
our credibility as an ally to the free world.
My crystal ball says that Obama is going to have a very unhappy ending, in most things.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kbZjMJK3Rs&NR=1
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