If Israel has to accept Obama’s terms on Palestine. It should reject the embrace. Its not worth it. Even the Palestinians don’t accept his terms. Even if he gives us better offensive capabilities, the world won’t let us use them preemptively. On the other hand if Obama wants to end the Palestinian conflict he must agree to Israel unilaterally drawing new borders, more to our liking, and arrange for the world to recognize such borders. Its that easy but this he will not do as it will upset Iran. Ted Belman
Livni is touting this line. She wants Israel to focus on a Palestine deal rather than the interim deal with Iran Livni says she is making progress.
Washington to stop wrangling with Israel, instead offer “embrace” with benefits, some military
President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry have decided to put a stop to the row with the Netanyahu government over the interim nuclear accord signed with Iran Sunday, Nov. 24 in Geneva, DEBKAfile’s exclusive Washington sources report – partly because they need the prime minister’s cooperation for bringing the peace process with the Palestinians to a resolution. On this they are set.
As one US official put it Tuesday night, Nov. 26: the administration has determined “to embrace Netanyahu” from now on, instead of hitting back at his powerful castigation of Washington’s dealings with Tehran. The administration hopes to stop this flow of rhetoric by a package of measures which it hopes will allay Israel’s concerns over the nuclear deal and the rapprochement in progress between the US and Islamic Republic.
According to our sources, the package will include upgrading of Israeli Air Force capabilities with new offensive measures currently not in its possession. This upgrade, they say, will be influenced by the level of Iran’s compliance or non-compliance with its obligations under the first-step accord just signed with the six world powers and its readiness for progress towards a final, comprehensive accord on its nuclear program.
The administration will also address the acute concerns in Riyadh and the Gulf emirates about the new US opening to Tehran.
The coming DEBKA Weekly No. 613 out next Friday offers details on the packages Washington is lining up to pacify Israel, the Saudis and emirates without, however, foregoing its objectives.
You can also learn much more about the major advantages the Obama administration is conferring on Tehran for signing the preliminary nuclear accord, reported exclusive on this site Monday, Nov. 25
Well Israel does have options to act independently of the US, but as you said, its leaders are not made of sterner stuff.
Israel should tell lurch kerry that the Obama administration is a declared enemy of Israel and that he is unwelcome in Israel. Kerry, who is a traitor to his own country and fellow soldiers, certainly cannot be trusted to do right by Israel.
Besides arranging a resolution to the Palestinian issue on his terms, Obama will try to bribe Israel into accepting them and also to agreeing to the new American entente with Iran.
There’s a good chance he will probably get his way quite simply because Israel’s leaders are not made of sterner stuff and they probably realize the futility of defying his wishes.
Obama’s most powerful leverage now upon Israel is Iran. If Israel doesn’t like it, it doesn’t really have any good options to act independently of the US.