Last week’s reports of a deal in the making in which the US would give Israel a massive bump in military aid in return for their acquiescence on the Iran nuclear deal is confirmed this weekend by Ynet, who quotes State Department officials as saying the US is prepared to pay “a hefty price to get some quiet from the Israelis.”
While the reports are that Israeli officials are resigned to this happening at some point, the indication is there is a major split among top officials as to how and when to proceed.
Israel’s Foreign Ministry is said to oppose any direct dealings with the Obama Administration at this point, believing that this would amount to an admission of their willingness to back off on the Iran deal, and that it would “only be a question of price” at that point.
The Foreign Ministry are also concerned, having been the ministry heavily campaigning internationally about the “threat” of the deal, that they will appear to have surrendered to the US.
By contrast, Israel’s Military Intelligence division believes that Iran is already a “done deal” and that the longer they wait, the less pressure there will be for the US to pay up. The military will be the primary recipients of this US funding, and believes they can get the most out of it by making the deal now, not later.
US State Department officials have expressed puzzlement about Israel’s hesitance in naming a price, but it likely that this split will continue for awhile until Israel issues actual demands.
This must be the lowest point in relation between any two countries. The US bribing Israel and Israel extorting money from the US taxpayers. Is this incestuous relation ever going to end?
Zulu
Good grief. Is Obama running again for election or what? Sign the deal with Iran. Ask the israelis what they want just to make them feel important… and then give them nothing.
America is appeasing Israel.
Grovel, US, grovel before your Israeli overlords! Good grief, what a humiliating embarrassment. The US can't even aspire to the achievement of reconciliation with Iran without having to PAY Israel for shutting its big, fat, deceiving mouth. Hush money, the filthy cowards—on both sides.
better yet…….sign the deal, then invite the israelis to join the NPT, open
their illicit nukular facilities to IAEA inspectors, "come clean" about
their theft of us nukular materials, end support of terrorism abroad, and
to finally acknowledge the many UN resolutions concerning their activities.
and while they're at it, maybe they can join the "mad mullahs" in their
middle eastern nukular free zone!
They do control America all the way.
So how about this deal:
We invite 10,000 wealthy and influential Iranians into the United States and let them have dual American-Iranian citizenship.
We permit them to establish an American Iran Fellowship Association to lobby Congress, but don't require it to register as a foreign lobby.
Congress would then be able to enjoy the role of a prostitute with two johns trying to outbid each other for her services–
Don't laugh, . . . it might actually work.
What would be the proper response to the the the land of the shameless sullen ingrate? How about, "Pound Sand."
Why should we pay the Israelis money when dealing with another country? Are we going to pay a ransom every time we make a deal with someone.
How about sending a ship load of garbage
This must be the lowest point in relation between any two countries. The US bribing Israel and Israel extorting money from the US taxpayers. Is this incestuous relation ever going to end?
Zulu