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Israel defies Obama over Jerusalem settlements
The Times Online ^ | 3/22/2010 | Richard Beeston

Posted on 03/22/2010 4:51:00 PM PDT by tobyhill

Israel will defy American pressure to halt the construction of controversial Jewish housing in Arab east Jerusalem, when President Obama meets Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel’s Prime Minister, in the White House today.

Fresh from his historic victory to reform American healthcare, the US leader is to be confronted, within hours, with a foreign policy crisis. This time Mr Obama must resolve the worst breakdown in relations in decades between America and its closest regional ally, Israel, and try to get the Arab-Israeli peace process moving again.

But any hopes of a compromise were dashed yesterday when Nir Barkat, the Mayor of Jerusalem, insisted that Jewish settlements would go ahead in spite of US objections.

Mr Barkat said that Israel had not intended to insult America, when it announced a 1,600-home plan in Ramat Shlomo during a peace mission by Joe Biden, the US Vice-President, earlier this month. He remained adamant that the project would go ahead.

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1 posted on 03/22/2010 4:51:01 PM PDT by tobyhill
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To: tobyhill

Israel isn’t Stupak.


2 posted on 03/22/2010 4:53:14 PM PDT by ari-freedom (Yammoto:I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.)
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To: tobyhill

Good for Israel. I wish we had a President with the leadership abilities of Netanyahu.


3 posted on 03/22/2010 4:54:38 PM PDT by Hoodat (For the weapons of our warfare are mighty in God for pulling down strongholds.)
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To: tobyhill
Good! Maybe the "messiah" will pull one of his baby tantrums.

For America, these are the worst of times. In any other era, Pres. Hussein would've been laughed out of his election campaign podium for just offering (Marxist) change for the future.

4 posted on 03/22/2010 4:55:17 PM PDT by Stepan12 (Palin & Bolton in 2012)
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To: tobyhill

It’s waaaaayyy past time for Israel to say, “Enough is enough.” ESPECIALLY with Obama in charge, because there will NEVER be a point at which he’s pleased, unless it’s the destruction of Israel. I fear this idiot is gonna bring catastrophic divine judgment down on us over Israel. Amazing how much damage one person can do in such a short amount of time.

MM


5 posted on 03/22/2010 4:58:13 PM PDT by MississippiMan (http://gogmagogblog.wordpress.com/)
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To: tobyhill; Yehuda; sheik yerbouty
Mr Barkat said that Israel had not intended to insult America, when it announced a 1,600-home plan in Ramat Shlomo during a peace mission

The house at 1600 in DC should be renamed Ahab Heights. Or Desolate Depths.

6 posted on 03/22/2010 5:02:47 PM PDT by Ezekiel (The Obama-nation began with the Inauguration of Desolation.)
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To: tobyhill

Good. Israel, contrary to zEro’s opinion, is NOT the 58th state. ;)


7 posted on 03/22/2010 5:06:31 PM PDT by madison10 (If my people who are called by My Name will humble themselves and pray, then I will hear from heaven)
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To: tobyhill

Don’t they know we are the USA? USA!

We’re AT WAR!

What we say goes,and if they have a problem with it, let’s nuke Jerusalem. How dare they not show proper reverence for OUR PRESIDENT when we’re AT WAR!


8 posted on 03/22/2010 5:08:07 PM PDT by MichiganConservative (A government big enough to do unto the people you don't like will get to doing unto you soon enough.)
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To: tobyhill

It’s past time for some of Israel’s supporters in Congress to start raking Obama over the coals for his outrageous treatment of our ally, Israel.


9 posted on 03/22/2010 5:09:10 PM PDT by Will88
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To: tobyhill

Israel is a frontline state that has to deal with Islamic Jihad every day. They do a much better job than the Europeans. Israeli Jews live in the real would unlike American Jews who have it too nice so their minds went soft


10 posted on 03/22/2010 5:12:03 PM PDT by dennisw (It all comes 'round again --Fairport)
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To: tobyhill

Arab east Jerusalem?

No its eternally Jewish Jerusalem


11 posted on 03/22/2010 5:32:15 PM PDT by hecht
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To: tobyhill
Israel has the determined, conservative leadership of Bibi, while America is declines under the leftist dictatorship of an illegally 'elected' Bolshevik, Muslim sleeper.


12 posted on 03/22/2010 5:37:04 PM PDT by M. Espinola (Freedom is never "free")
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To: ari-freedom

CORRECTION:

Israel isn’t “STUCK ON STUPAK”.


13 posted on 03/22/2010 6:33:55 PM PDT by HKMk23 (DEMOCRATS: STUCK ON STUPAK)
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To: MichiganConservative

I would hope you are being sarcastic.


14 posted on 03/22/2010 6:41:17 PM PDT by dschapin
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To: tobyhill

Bibi will tell Bambi to stuff it up his wazoo.

Good.


15 posted on 03/22/2010 7:20:46 PM PDT by prairiebreeze (Prayers for the Ft. Hood families, victims and soldiers.)
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To: tobyhill

Stick it Obi, Jerusalem belongs to the Lord who gifted it and lent it out to the Jewish people. If you want it, go try and take it yourself.


16 posted on 03/22/2010 8:19:34 PM PDT by 444Flyer (America, we are being waterboarded by Obama and his minions.)
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To: Ezekiel

Desolation Row, as in “the 0bamanation of desolation”..


17 posted on 03/22/2010 11:56:22 PM PDT by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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