Israeli Vice Premier Silvan Shalom today angrily rebuked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the suggestion in his speech to Congress that a peace deal might leave some settlements outside of Israel’s borders.
Shalom insists that this was “not my view and not the policy of Likud,” the ruling party which Netanyahu leads. Other top Likud MPs condemned Netanyahu for the speech as well, though the comment itself was likely an attempt to spin himself as reasonable in a speech which largely amounted to issuing onerous demands to the Palestinians and pausing occasionally to be showered with applause by US officials.
Interestingly, even as members of Israel’s government try to position themselves as even more opposed to a peace deal as Netanyahu, a new poll shows the Israeli public leaning the other way, with a strong majority saying the PM should have endorsed President Obama’s call for peace talks, albeit with “reservations” about the exact terms. Netanyahu, by contrast, condemned Obama’s comments, a position apparently shared by only about 36% of Israelis, but seemingly an overwhelming majority of the American Congress.
Hostility toward concessions is, of course, the bread and butter of the right-far-right coalition government, and many members of the coalition openly rejected the notion of peace on general principle. With the Israeli public shifting from the jingoist attitudes that dominated the most recent election (in the wake of the massive 2008-09 Gaza War) toward a more peace-minded mood, it remains to be seen how long this coalition can sustain itself. It is, after all, Israelis who elect the government and not US Congressmen looking to appear “pro-Israel” by cheering laudly at every slogan the prime minister can think of.
Interesting to hear Giraldi talking to Scott and the two of them speaking what everybody has to recognize now: where does this all lead? What are these people thinking? Well, there is a plan, as Giraldi and Scott agreed. It's an old plan, and one that's worked very well in different places. Stage two of the plan is what this current bunch calls it "transfer". It has a final step that has another name. That is to be resorted to if step 2 doesn't work.
How long do we all have to avoid stating the obvious- where this is all leading? This is what these people plan to do. Is the world going to stand by- again- and watch while they do it?
Good cup and bad cup played here.., don’t worry they all been to acting politician lying class before they ask for peoples to vote.., later they play whatever is there to play.., is a theater directed by the capitalism system..,
Duglarri – the Ultra Orthodox are ahead of you
http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2011…
Congressmen looking to appear “pro-Israel” by cheering laudly at every slogan the prime minister can think of.
SHEEPS
Funny, just yesterday Ha'aretz published a poll showing that the Nutayahoo's approval ratings went up 15%. Ain't funny how that works with the mentally deficient? The more backwards our leaders step,the more they lead us into chaos and destruction, the more violence they perpetrate on others, the mother their sheep like them. America and Israel: perfect together! Makes you wonder if AIPAC didn't plan the whole Obama/Osama Obama/Nutanyahoo show for that very purpose.
Why would Netayahu go to the American Congress in the first place? Is Israel an American colony? If all countries had to hold onto their old land, there wouldn't no America, South America, Africa, Europe, Middle East, the face of the world would be completely different. One cannot undo history. However, everyone is to live under decent conditions and no nationality or race is above any other. In this perspective, it would be much advisable to Palestinians and Jews to work together as neighbors and citizens of the 21 century (instead of some biblical times) to learn to live side by side, with mutual respect and understanding. That seem so simple to so many, but so hard for them. How awckward!!! Both side are certainly masochists to have lived for such a lot time in suffering and have their children perpetrate the same narrow minded beliefs as if the world ended in a 100 X 50 km space. Hey guy, wake-up there's much more to life than that!!!!!
Actually we are a colony of Israel!
The US Congress are equal to a room full of whores. With AIPAC as their pimp.
This week Congress swore an oath of Fealty to the Israeli lobby. It was plain as day.
Traitors all
I suspect that the smart people of Israel understand that the world is changing. They understand that they need to get away from the position of the terminally insane like Bibi. I think Bibi will be former prime minister a lot sooner than he thinks. Lets hope the war monger can go hunting with dick chenney. The world needs peace and they had their days and a lot of people are dead because of them.
Why don't they move the Capital Building and the White House to Tel Aviv?
Surely it would be much more convenient!
That is all.