Israeli officials reiterated today that under no circumstances would the prospective 90 day settlement freeze include occupied East Jerusalem. Officials also claimed that the US was fine with this arrangement, and had also agreed to never again ask for a freeze after this one.
They have said this in the past, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claiming that East Jerusalem, though occupied in 1967 and not recognized as part of Israel, is part of their “eternal and undivided capital” and that government projects to oust Arabs from the region and build “Jewish only” neighborhoods don’t count as settlements.
US officials did not directly address the claims, but did insist that no final deal had been reached with Israel on the new freeze. Prime Minister Netanyahu seemed to confirm this, saying that such a deal was not necessarily imminent.
Securing enough political backing (or at least acquiescence) for the freeze has been difficult for Netanyahu, and he is expected to pledge massive settlement expansions in East Jerusalem in return for Shas not voting down the freeze.
The problem with this, of course, is that Israel is not, despite appearances, negotiating a peace deal with the US, but with the Palestinian Authority. The 90 day freeze is meant to coax the PA back to peace talks, but if it comes with major expansions in settlements in East Jerusalem it is unlikely to be welcomed as such, and even if the talks resume it seems 90 days is far too short to reach a deal.
As in any negotiation, there are starting points, and negotiated points. The Israeli counter is a settlement freeze for two hours and forty minutes, applying only inside the city limits of Damascus; in exchange Obama will agree to deliver forty F-35s, two aircraft carriers, the nuclear command codes, Obama's wallet, the Washington Monument, and all the M&M's Israelis can eat- and the letter "M" is to be removed from the English alphabet.
At what point does this "negotiation" stop being a bribe and start being the open admission of a complete transfer of all power and money to the people who are really in charge?
Jason, do you think that 300 million Americans could fit into Israel?
That would allow the Israelis to move to America and run the place without having the bother of dealing with Palestinians or any other inferior races.
I could see Benny in the White House holding court with world leaders even though they are Gentiles. I'm sure he would allow them to kiss his ring.
P.S. I'm sorry, I meant King Benny.
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the bother of dealing with Palestinians or any other inferior races. '
I am not sure who you are calling inferior but I believe you might consider who needs all the billions of dollars to just exist? I would suggest the Palestinians exist under attack by those that could not exist a day without massive influx of USA taxpayers dollars.
"Oy vey, Oy vay; a pirate's life for me!
I sure hope hilary has not already committed us to the $98,000,000 stealth fighter jets given to Israel to stop breaking the law by building illegal houses on occupied land. Israel needs the stealth jet to make sure no food get to the woman and children of Gaza. HOw can Israel build an empire without cracking a few eggs? What I do not understand is why God would give the chosen a land without water. If I understand the bible God has not visited the chosen for some 6,000 years.
What a brilliant negotiator Netanyahu is! He not only gets the F35s but gets to keep building on Palestinian land ! Who could have guessed it would turn out that way ? This must be a miracle, a sign from G-d Himself that the 'Chosen People' are leading the world to the 'Battle of Armaggeddon'!
You can't negotiate with the Arabs. We saw what happened after Rabin bent over backwards for the Palestinian terrorists–Israel got the 3rd intifada. Give the Arabs and inch and they'll go for the mile. Even more insulting is when the Arabs launch a preemptive war and lose they get to set the conditions still.
Just rename Jordan Palestine and call Amman the capital for Christ's sake.
Does anyone buy this? The whole "Peace Process" is a ruse to give even more US aid and more US support to Israel than we already do! To make Israel settlement expansion standard US policy!!! I don't know how much money we are stuffing down Abbas's pants but at some point the guy has to start worrying about his head right? Maybe he has a US helicopter on standby to fly him off to Switzerland…I don't understand any on this.
These "freezes" will not include anything until hell freezes over.
Is Obama really being duped by the cheating Netanyahu or do he and Biden just enjoy being Israel's punching balls?
The "freeze" has to be permanent, has to be followed by all the known actions-back to 1967 borders etc, that the Arab plan offered and is accepted by all the Arab countries, Iran, Hezbollah and even Hamas. OH! Israel and the US will not accept that. Who else matters? Israel has extra WMD, Saudi Arabia has $60billion extra arms on the way. The real American dream of peace in the region.