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To: gamesmistress who wrote (353825)	3/17/2010 7:28:16 AM
From: Nadine Carroll	1 Recommendation Respond to of 794281

He clearly does not understand one of the basic lessons they teach in Peace Process 101 — that Israel does not take risks for peace when it feels threatened, especially not when it feels threatened by the United States. Obama clearly doesn’t understand this, although I remain skeptical that all of this is really about the peace process. I am also skeptical. This was a pre-prepared outrage, that was waiting for an excuse. But Obama set it off on a bad excuse. What Obama also doesn't understand is that if you want to break Bibi's coalition (amazing chutzpa that it represents to try), he needs to pick an issue which Shas or some other small religious Zionist party is for, but which most Israelis are against, such as some illegal settlement outpost. Routine housing announcements in the middle of Jerusalem, that ain't it. 90% of Israel is outraged to discover that Obama thinks that Jerusalem is a settlement. You can include Arab East Jerusalem in that total, as they have no wish to wind up in "Palestine" (should the Palestinians ever be forced to create it). So there will be no talks for the rest of the year. But the Palestinians, euphoric at the idea that Obama will hand them everything for no concessions on their part, may start a third intifada to juice the process. All this is obvious. Does anyone in the White House even have a clue that this is what they have accomplished? One more note: back before the Gaza disengagement in 2005, Arik Sharon got a letter of agreement from President Bush that America would back Israel's permanent retention of the main settlement blocs, roughly the same areas that represent the 4% of the West Bank that Israel would have retained under the Taba Accords (I am not up all the exact geographical details, but it doesn't matter for this point). President Obama not only ignored that letter, he has now completely abrogated its contents. It never happened. America now implicitly backs the Arab League plan that Israel should give the Arabs a total do-over on 1967, redivide Jerusalem, and uproot half a million Jews living over the Green Line, aka "settlers". I say "Jews" not "Israelis" advisedly, because of course, any Israeli Arabs who are living over the Green Line can stay if they like. Israel's trust level in American promises has now sunk to zero.