IMRA..
09 November '13..
In recent years supporters of the creation of a Palestinian state have hoped that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, who is known for his genuine concerns regarding Iran, could be blackmailed into sacrificing Israel's requirements vis-a-vis the Palestinians as "payment" for the prevention of a nuclear Iran.
The latest move by the United States, regardless of how it may ultimately end, effectively removes this argument from the table.
A blackmailer is only relevant to his prey if he can deliver the goods.
The terms that the United States was willing to accept now with Iran were so remote from any reasonable program that President Obama essentially demonstrated that he has no intention to deliver. (It appears that the French may yet save the day - no thanks to the Americans).
Israelis are now noting cynically that when the Americans say that "they have Israel's back" that the reference is to a knife.
Yes. We have tremendous security and intelligence cooperation with the United States under the Obama Administration.
But America's willingness to go along with such a dangerous proposal with Iran raises such profound concerns that any suggestion that the Jewish State trade eastern Jerusalem for a halt to Iranian nukes sounds pathetically naive and silly.
Link: http://www.imra.org.il/story.php3?id=62305
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It also makes sugggestions of international or American troops in the Jordan Valley even more idiotic, if that's possible.
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