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US gives Netanyahu ultimatum on resuming talks
2011-06-12
The United States gave Netanyahu an ultimatum on renewing negotiations with the Palestinians, according to reports cited by Israel Radio Sunday morning.

According to the ultimatum, Netanyahu has to decide within a month whether he agrees to accept US President Barack Obama's platform and resume talks based on 1967 lines.
Or what?
Posted by:tipper

#10  No, clearly said Win the Future. Win the Future, or else the Department of Education will come and reinform you.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2011-06-12 21:58  

#9  Lots of damage can be done in a year, maybe irreparable damage.

"maybe"?

I'm thinking '1970s 2.0'. With the Camp David accord removed.
Posted by: Pappy   2011-06-12 21:23  

#8  Fifty years from now "What the F**k Was That?" is going to be the title of the BHO chapter in someone's history of the American presidency.
Posted by: Matt   2011-06-12 19:11  

#7  Lots of damage can be done in a year, maybe irreparable damage.
Posted by: lotp   2011-06-12 18:50  

#6  Benji just has to hang on until the primaries begin. Obama is going to be completely distracted at that point. Axelrod and Jarrett will be conditioning him for the campaign and he won't pay attention to what Israel is doing.

Nine months, Benji, maybe a year. Just hang in there.
Posted by: Steve White   2011-06-12 18:32  

#5  
Rubin also spoke with Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.), "who plainly was angry over the continued effort to bully Israel ... 'President Obama never learns. His real instinct is to weaken Israel. You donÂ’t treat an ally this way.' He said he has never seen this sort of behavior from any U.S. president [and] the current posture is 'shameful.'"
Posted by: Frank G   2011-06-12 18:29  

#4  Obama plays the Paleo game - telling one thing to domestic audiences and another to negotiating partners

Since the president’s Arab Spring speech, friends of Israel have been nervous about at least two issues: the promise Israel would not have to sit down with those who seek its destruction and the negotiations based on the “1967 borders with land swaps.” This weekend it became apparent that there is much to worry about and that the Obama administration has been playing a game usually practiced by the Palestinians, namely telling its domestic audience one thing and the negotiating parties something different...
Posted by: Frank G   2011-06-12 18:27  

#3  That'll go over like a fart in an aroma therapy clinic.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2011-06-12 18:16  

#2  the appropriate response is: "this is our lives we're dealing with. You can fuck off"
Posted by: Frank G   2011-06-12 18:15  

#1  OBAMA SCREAMS AT STAFF: “What the F**k Was That?” After Netanyahu Meeting

sounds like Barry O doesn't like having his Muslim friends disappointed?
Posted by: Frank G   2011-06-12 18:14  

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