Though most have taken the Obama Administration’s official abandonment of the attempt to convince Israel to agree to a 90 day settlement freeze as proof that the peace talks are virtually dead, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took it as vindication.
Netanyahu insisted in a speech today that it proved the US “understands” how little the settlement freeze mattered, and that the only “core issues” in the peace talks are, surprise, Israel’s demands for military control over the nation, a formal recognition as a “Jewish State” and a disavowal of any right of return.
But the US is making it apparent that they don’t really think the move is vindication for Israel, and insist instead that they are now trying to get the Palestinians involved in new “indirect” peace talks, since Israel has essentially sabotaged the direct ones.
The reality, of course, is that the right-far-right coalition in Israel was never particularly comfortable with the peace talks, and their end is going to solve a lot of political problems Netanyahu was having with his core constituency, which by and large opposes the notion of peace on general principle. The question will be how much damage this does to Israel’s standing in the world.
Americans don,t know what harm they are doing for the world by ignoring the rights of palestinians and rest is lie.
"Netanyahu Praises US for Abandoning Call for Settlement Freeze"
The US is Israel's bitch. Of course she's going to do whatever Israel tells her to.
No shit!! The israelis are always very appreciative of any nation that will get out of their damned way when it comes to killing people and stealing land. Oh yeah – send more money too.
Now there's a picture in my head of bib standing behind america's guy with a big grin on his face and america's guy grimmacing but tolerating it.
I'll have to watch a hog being slaughtered to get that image out of my head.
Bibi actually said
"Good doggy now sit and bite your tail"
As Bibi says of the US subservience to israel: absurd.
Way to go Nobel Peace prize winner 2009! A prize given to Baruch Obama "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples." Ha!