Posted on 07/14/2010 4:17:16 AM PDT by SJackson
When the Adam-Psagot-Tel Zion-Ofra-Beit El-Shilo-Eli settlement bloc becomes like Ma'aleh Adumim and Ariel, no Israeli government, not even a Likud one, will be able to imagine evacuating it. Nor would even a second-term Obama administration. By Israel Harel Op Ed Published Haaretz 01:24 09.07.10 www.haaretz.com/print-edition/opinion/obama-sobers-up-1.300882
The Israeli media are shocked: U.S. President Barack Obama did not humiliate Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Even worse, the Washington Post reported that the opposite occurred: Netanyahu defeated Obama.
Even if the newspaper exaggerated, the outcome is still negative: Netanyahu, the eternal wanted man, emerged from the White House with achievements, and certainly not defeated as the media had hoped. And saddest of all, the settlement freeze, which the media is so eager to perpetuate, may be thawed.
The prime minister did not defeat the U.S. president. Only his enemies, only blind supporters of the Palestinians - and quite a number of Washington Post writers are in that category - could write that. Had even an iota of professional integrity found its way into their automatic support (and that of many of their Israeli colleagues ) for the Palestinians, they would have summed up as follows: There has been no strategic change in Obama's policy of two states for two peoples, and Israel must still make most of the concessions.
But as opposed to the dogmatically pro-Palestinian news commentators, Obama has reached the conclusion that his tactics (which were also dogmatic ) did not serve his objective, which is theirs as well.
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When you walk around in your head that most people are like yourself then you are shocked to realize that they aren’t. The Israelis have the presupposition that if they just explain in a different way they will come to an understanding. The left and palies, do not lack understanding but merely the opportunity to destroy Israel. The Left of Israel better Wake th F up. Once they turn public opinion against Israel they are done for.
0bungo and Bibi both had domestic reasons for the recent meeting and that was the only reason there was a meeting
-0bungo has an election coming up and he wants Jewish votes and donations. He also wants to placate Christian voters who are pro-Israel
-Bibi want to show the Israeli left he can have a relationship with the Kenyan. That the US-Israeli relationship is still intact. That Netanyahu is not such a pariah that he has ruined this relationship. This placates the Israeli left
When the Adam-Psagot-Tel Zion-Ofra-Beit El-Shilo-Eli settlement bloc becomes like Ma'aleh Adumim and Ariel, no Israeli government, not even a Likud one, will be able to imagine evacuating it. Nor would even a second-term Obama administration... the Washington Post reported that... Netanyahu defeated Obama... Netanyahu, the eternal wanted man, emerged from the White House with achievements, and certainly not defeated as the media had hoped. And saddest of all, the settlement freeze, which the media is so eager to perpetuate, may be thawed... There has been no strategic change in Obama's policy of two states for two peoples, and Israel must still make most of the concessions... Obama has reached the conclusion that his tactics (which were also dogmatic ) did not serve his objective...
Did my heart good to read that. Thank you.
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