JERUSALEM: Israel will eventually have no other option but to accept a two-state solution because the United States will not give up on this issue, according to Israel Radio.
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US President Barack Obama Thursday effectively and publicly stripped Israel of its special place in American foreign relations, marking “a new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world.” Full Story… “I don’t think we have to change strong support for Israel,” Obama said in an interview with NPR. “We do have to retain a constant belief in the possibilities of negotiations that will lead to peace, and that’s going to require, from my view, a two-state solution.” Full Story… Did you guys really think Obama […] JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Pressure. Defiance. Collision. After George W. Bush’s terms of endearment for Israel — a country he once described as a “light unto nations” — a different terminology is being used to describe its cloudy relationship with his successor, Barack Obama. Full Story… JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is dismissing U.S. calls for a West Bank settlement freeze as unreasonable. Full Story… Senior members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet reiterated Sunday that the government has rejected a U.S. demand to halt all activity in West Bank settlements, despite strongly-worded demands from the Obama administration to do so. Full Story… “We were told from this new administration they will not allow a Netanyahu government to hurt their efforts of rehabilitating U.S. relations with the Arab and Islamic world, which is a high priority of Obama,” the official said, speaking during a visit to Cairo. Read the full story… JERUSALEM — Israel insisted Thursday that it wanted to reach an understanding with the United States on construction in West Bank settlements, despite a blunt call by the Obama administration to completely freeze all work. Full Story… On the eve of the Palestinian president’s Oval Office visit, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday that the administration meant zero growth, period. Full Story… A whole group of people was created overnight. “Show me a history book of the Palestinians,” retorted Miriam Levinger to this novice student journalist over two decades ago in Kiryat Arba, in Judea, otherwise known as the southern half of the West Bank. |
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