Palestinians ask Obama to impose peace

Sure? What can it hurt? If there's peace, they get their state. If there's no peace, "Hey, it's not our fault! The US made us do it!"

Palestinian officials have said privately that they believe only strong U.S. intervention can break the impasse with Israel. Still, Abbas' blunt public appeal Saturday was unusual.

How about not refusing every offer put on the table?

The U.S. has tried in vain to restart Israeli-Palestinian negotiations that broke down in December 2008. The two sides remain far apart on the framework for such talks, and White House envoy George Mitchell returned to the region Friday to try to narrow the divide.

And likely has every expectation to leave empty-handed.

He [Abbas] said the Palestinians were being asked to "take a state with provisional borders on 40 or 50 percent, and after that we will see."

Now, I'm no math whiz, but 40% or 50% is more than 0%, right? Temporary recognized international borders is better than being locked in Gaza, right? Right?

What Netanyahu needs to do is to very publicly name the date, time and place, and on that date, time and in place, show up in front of the whole world, alone. Stage it as a huge spectacle so that the plebeians can see once and for all who is and who isn't interested in peace. And if they show up? Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

And the US has to sit this out. Keep working on that 10% unemployment rate..

Source: Daily Record

Mark His Words

In eight Kool-Aid-suffused, vapor-laden paragraphs, Haaretz writer Yoel Marcus excoriates Netanyahu, dredging up old ghosts and old grudges, ascribing Netanyahu's success to merely being in the right place at the right time, and rambles on about cigars and unpaid bills.

He neglects to mention that it was Netanyahu's policies as Finance Minister that allowed Israel to weather the worst economic crisis, or that Netanyahu even did more for the PA in his first term, namely the handing over of several areas to Arab control, including Chevron.

But the real kicker was in the last paragraph:

Bibi is deluding himself that Obama will not be reelected.

A throwdown if I ever heard one. I can't wait for 2012. Hell, I can't wait for 2010, when they'll have to physically pick up Congress and move the whole building to the right.

Yoel should read newspapers. Other than his own, I mean.

Source: Haaretz

Dershowitz: J Street Can No Longer Claim to Be Pro Israel

Jeremy Ben-Ami, has joined the off key chorus of those who falsely claim that Israel, by refusing to make peace with the Palestinians, is placing the lives of American soldiers at risk.

Well, we all knew this argument was bullshit in the first place. Whether it was a slip of Praetus' tongue, or a calculated sound bite used to test the efficacy of the argument is no longer relevant; the damage is done.

Professor Dershowitz's elucidation on the subject, however, is well worth the read:

Finally, the argument is totally false as a matter of fact. At the same time that Israel was seeking to make peace in 2000-2001 by creating a Palestinian state on the West Bank and in Gaza with a capital in East Jerusalem, Al Qaeda was planning the 9/11 attack. So Israel's "good" actions did nothing to make America safe from Islamic terrorism. On the other hand, when Israel took tough action against Gaza last year in Operation Cast Lead, Israel's "bad" actions did not increase American casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan. In fact, there is absolutely no relationship between Israel's actions and the extent of American casualties. It is a totally phony argument based on equal parts of surmise and bigotry.

Source: The Huffington Post (I know! What's going on here??!)

Something's Missing...

From the prepared remarks of Gen. James L. Jones at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy:

“It is time for all leaders in the region—Israeli, Palestinian, and Arab—to support efforts for peace. It is time for today’s leader to demonstrate the courage and leadership of Anwar Sadat, King Hussein, and Yitzhak Rabin.”

Hmm, I can't quite put my finger on it... I remember Rabin signed a peace agreement with Hussein, and Sadat signed with... oh, it's right on the tip of my tongue... I think Carter was there...

Can anyone help me out here?

Source: White House

Martin Indyk Threatens Up the Wrong Tree

That's the best that Martin Indyk can do? Veiled threats and ominous warnings?

The shift in America's Middle East interests means that Netanyahu must make a choice: Take on the president of the United States, or take on his right wing. If he continues to defer to those ministers in his cabinet who oppose peacemaking, the consequences for US-Israel relations could be dire.

I've lost count of the number of times Netanyahu has said publicly, out loud, into a microphone, "We want peace. Any time, any place, we'll sit and talk peace." The Arabs have yet to make an appointment. Netanyahu imposed a building freeze on a huge portion of his voter base, lets Barak send 50-man teams to bulldoze patios, yet the premise of Netanyahu's supposed recalcitrance and warmongering seems to be the only talking point Indyk can remember.

Source: Haaretz

Telegraph: Nick Clegg’s Israel-bashing is sickening

Whoa. First the Guardian's piece yesterday that was pro-Israel. Now the Telegraph follows suit. Enlightening.

While Nick Clegg has made it a personal mission to publicly whip the Israelis for defending their own country, he has remained remarkably silent in the media about Iranian backing for terrorist groups, Tehran’s calls to wipe Israel off the map, and the massive levels of hatred directed at Israel from within the United Nations, not least the UN’s Human Rights Council. I don’t recall any op-eds by Clegg warning against Iran’s nuclear ambitions, or calling for an end to the persecution of Israel by Islamist states. Nor has he written pieces in support of the democracy protestors in Iran, many of whom have been brutally beaten, raped, and in some cases murdered by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s regime.

Source: The Telegraph

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