Posted on 07/05/2010 3:40:01 PM PDT by bruinbirdman
Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli premier, will come under fierce pressure from President Barack Obama to extend a 10-month freeze on Jewish settlements in the West Bank.
During their White House meeting, Mr Obama is expected to register his dismay at Israeli actions over the commando raid on an aid convoy to Gaza in which nine Turks died.
Israel has strongly resisted demands to apologise and Mr Netanyahu is likely to rebuff attempts to extend the settlement freeze, which expires at the end of September.
The meeting comes at a time of intense strain in the American-Israel relationship, a foreign policy foundation for both countries.
Michael Oren, Israel's ambassador to Washington, was recently reported as saying in a private briefing that there was a "tectonic rift" between Jerusalem and Washington, a comment that he strenuously denied after it was publicised.
Mr Netanyahu will seek to emphasis his willingness to enter direct talks with the Palestinians as a means of deflecting the Gaza and settlement issues.
"I have been willing to meet Abu Mazen [the Palestinian president] from the first day of this government," he said at a Cabinet meeting before setting off for the United States. "The time has come for him to be prepared to meet with us, because there is no other way to advance peace. I hope this will be one of the results of the visit to Washington."
The White House has also attempted to be upbeat about the prospects for direct talks between the Israelis and Palestinians. Daniel Shapiro, a senior White House official, said last week that progress was being made.
"The gaps have narrowed. And we believe there are opportunities to further narrow those gaps, to allow the sides to take that next step to the direct talks. And so we're encouraged."
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America, get ready for more disasters.
I agree. WW111 is about to start.
Be nice if Bibi walks out and tells the maoist........
call me when you wake up to the reality of Israel’s situation.
I pray for Bibi, his family and the people of Israel every day.
I pray for Obama too. For God to change his heart. In the same prayer I also repent of my sin of how I feel about him.
I think it’s time Bibi explained to Barrak how
it’s going to be.
Bibi’s been busy building a coalition with other allies that KNOW Ayatollah Obama is a FREAK!
I’d love to be a fly on the wall of that meeting room. :)
Just like the rest of America, Bibi is thinking “2 more years of this big-eared clown...2 years..”
Bibi should show this Imposter’s Birth Certificate to the World.
When you already know that there’s no help to be had, why talk to the US at all?
Planes, fuel and time cost money, and they don’t have any time to waste.
A man unarmed with truth and the wisdom of the ages is not adequate for the battle between competing ideas.
One of these men is a very good man, loved and respected by his people. I report, you decide.
I wish PM Netanyahu wouldn’t even come to the United States. It will be a travesty the way Obama treats him, and even HE might be be pressured into doing something to compromise Israel’s security and rightful place in the world. Furthermore, the worse we treat Israel, the worse the consequences for our nation — only troubles and tragedies await us if we continue to act against the promises of God to the progeny of Abraham.
Behind the scenes there are trade deals, weapons sold to Israel, etc. Things not made too public.
Lots of posturing by the dirtbag for the glory of the anti semites.
Obumer speak with forked tongue.
Bibi, tell Incontinentio Barackus to shove it. Take care of Israel. Out the mooslimb, while your at it.
Bibi may just skip the lecture again.
I wish we had an e-mail addy where we could encourage Bibi to hang tough and not even talk to the boy.
Obama-Linked PR Firm Runs Anti-Israel Campaign
Good ol' Fenton Communications....
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