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June 05, 2009
Obama Said To Be Cultivating Netanyahu Opponents
Obama administration said to be cultivating Netanyahu opponents
The White House has concluded that an agreement with the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a fast-track program to establish a Palestinian state is unlikely to happen.
U.S. sources, including those close to the Obama administration, said such cooperation would be greater by an Israeli government led by the opposition Kadima Party, chaired by former Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni.
"It may be that the Obama administration has concluded that they cannot achieve the two-state solution with the Netanyahu government and perhaps want another Israeli prime minister," Aaron Miller, a former State Department official and regarded as a consultant to the administration, told the Saudi-owned A-Sharq Al Awsat.
"And the best way to do this is to make Netanyahu appear incapable of managing Israel's most important relations in the world, which is its relations with the United States."
The sources said Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and other senior administration officials have been in steady contact with Ms. Livni, whose Kadima Party won the most seats in Knesset elections in 2009 but failed to form a coalition majority. They said the administration also envisions any post-Netanyahu government as retaining Ehud Barak as defense minister.
The sources said Obama regarded a freeze on Jewish construction in the West Bank as a leading U.S. challenge in relations with Israel. They said Mitchell, scheduled to arrive in Israel on June 8, was tracking developments in the West Bank on a daily basis, sending teams to monitor Jewish construction in Jerusalem and consulting with Israeli opposition groups that have encouraged the White House to topple Netanyahu.
"I think there have been times where we are not as honest as we should be about the fact that the current direction, the current trajectory, in the region is profoundly negative, not only for Israeli interests but also U.S. interests," Obama said. "That's part of a new dialogue that I'd like to see encouraged in the region."
The White House has warned Israel that the United States would maintain pressure until the end of all Jewish construction in eastern Jerusalem and the West Bank as well as the demolition of unauthorized communities. The message was also relayed by key members of Congress who visited Israel in late May.
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Wild Thing's comment........
The Jerk Obama has a knack for doing the exact opposite of what will work!!
Obama: “I don’t like this Prime Minister at all. Bring me another one post haste!”
If Obama tries to create friction in Bibi’s house by pimping Livni, it will backfire on him because BiBi will gladly replace Kadima with Avoda and Shas.
Can anyone here imagine if the Israeli government so nakedly expressed its discontent for any American adminstration, and so obviously was looking to replace it? There would be - and rightfully so - a firestorm of indignation and anger directed against Israel.
Further, as mentioned above, turnabout is fair play - meaning that such arrogant interference breeds a counter reaction, and from more than just the target. This will come back to hurt this country.
But the press and media here still have their heads so far up Fauxbama’s arse that they can’t see this.
I never thought I would want a foreign leader to tell an American president to go f*ck himself...but never say never. I hate him.
If I remember right when Clinton was President, Clinton sent Carville to shape the campaign of Ehud Barak to defeat Benjamin Netanyahu. It was Carville, Begala and the whole Clinton team got Ehud Barak elected. We can hope the Israelis aren’t as dedicated to their country’s suicide as some Americans.
Posted by Wild Thing at June 5, 2009 07:47 AM
Comments
Netanyahu knows obama is a muslim. He knows that for now American support of Israel is close to nil. That will be taken into consideration as Israel makes plans for what they have to do.
obama's recent refusal to sell updated Apaches to Israel, but to sell the same Apaches to Egypt tells the world all we need to know about obama's allegiances.
Posted by: TomR at June 5, 2009 12:28 PM
Tom, I have liked BiBi for a long time. It
really makes my heart sad to see the grief
that Obama is causing when it could be so
awesome to have BiBi and a different USA
president friends and joining together
against the terrorists.
You are so right BiBi knows what Obama is.
Posted by: Wild Thing at June 5, 2009 08:42 PM
