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posted on 5-2-2010 at 11:58 PM |
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Friday, April 30, 2010 Israel Today Staff
Reports: Obama preparing to force Israel's hand
Israeli officials told Ha'aretz on Thursday that US President Barack Obama recently assured European leaders that if the Israeli-Palestinian peace
process is not moving forward by September or October, he will convene an international peace summit.
The purpose of convening an international peace summit could only be to impose a peace settlement on the two sides, and if Obama's policies of late
are anything to judge by, that peace settlement would greatly favor the Arabs by incorporating nearly all their demands.
Palestinian officials this week also said they had received assurances from US Middle East envoy George Mitchell that if Israel did not start
complying with US-backed Arab demands soon, Obama would act to force Jerusalem's hand.
The Palestinians are also threatening to unilaterally declare independence by October if Israel does not start meeting their demands. Israeli
officials fear the UN would recognize such a declaration, and that the Obama Administration would do little or nothing to block it.
Recent history has demonstrated that such reports, which are often leaked as a pressure tactic against Israel, actually further delay peace
negotiations as the Palestinians are all too happy to remain defiant and wait on the international community to strong-arm Israel.
The US and Europe remain mum on the fact that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly said he is ready to immediately restart direct
bilateral negotiations, while the Palestinians refuse to sit with the Israelis and discuss anything.
http://www.israeltoday.co.il/default.aspx?tabid=178&nid=21016
What do you think will happen if this goes through?
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posted on 4-19-2010 at 02:55 AM |
Obama admin: Support of Israel to be 'balanced against other interests'
It was just a phrase at the end of President Obama’s news conference on Tuesday, but it was a stark reminder of a far-reaching shift in how the United
States views the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and how aggressively it might push for a peace agreement.
When Mr. Obama declared that resolving the long-running Middle East dispute was a “vital national security interest of the United States,” he was
highlighting a change that has resulted from a lengthy debate among his top officials over how best to balance support for Israel against other
American interests.
This shift, described by administration officials who did not want to be quoted by name when discussing internal discussions, is driving the White
House’s urgency to help broker a Middle East peace deal. It increases the likelihood that Mr. Obama, frustrated by the inability of the Israelis and
the Palestinians to come to terms, will offer his own proposed parameters for an eventual Palestinian state.
http://www.prophecynewswatch.com/2010/April16/1611.html
You can read entire article at site. You can also access the current PNW newsletter at the site noted on the left hand side of the page.
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 posted on 4-9-2010 at 12:20 AM |
http://www.israeltoday.co.il/default.aspx?tabid=178&nid=20872
Thursday, April 08, 2010 Israel Today Staff
Report: Obama intends to impose new peace plan
The Washington Post reported on Wednesday that US President Barack Obama is seriously considering imposing a new comprehensive peace plan on Israel
and the Palestinians in six months.
According to the report, Obama asked a room full of his own and past presidential advisors last month what they thought about introducing a new peace
proposal. They all are said to have backed the idea, so long as the plan is based on previous US-authored peace plans, such as the Wye River Accords,
the "Road Map" and the Annapolis understandings.
Israeli media noted that this approach would be a reversal of how Obama has gone about overseeing Middle East peace so far. Up until now, the Obama
Administration has tried to squeeze concessions from Israel and, to a lesser degree, the Palestinians in an effort to get both sides to sit down and
hammer out a deal between themselves.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remains strongly opposed to an imposed peace plan, and is not likely to be very welcoming of Obama's
efforts. But the thinking is that Obama may tie Israel's acceptance of the new plan to stronger action against Iran's nuclear program.
This is an interesting article in view of Bible Prophecy.
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