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To: LindyBill who wrote (357011)	4/1/2010 9:40:18 AM
From: Elroy	Respond to of 793790

Every Prez since LBJ in '67 has just kicked this can down the road to the next Prez. I can't think of any US President that has benefitted from getting involved in the ME. Complaining about some Isreali settlement development in East Jerusalem may just be Obama's way of avoiding the whole thing. If our ally is portrayed by the administration as "behaving badly", then the US failure to accomplish anything during his time in power can be blamed on Israel, not a failure of the administration. That leaves him free to concentrate his energies on domestic issues. No matter what the Jews do, the Arabs will never settle at the table. Yeah, I think it's a fascinating topic to discuss, but I sure wouldn't want to live either side in that fight.

To: LindyBill who wrote (357011)	4/1/2010 9:38:00 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	2 Recommendations Respond to of 793790

I would have expected Obama to kick the can. But he is really going at Israel. Now that Health Care is out of the way, I expect more of a push=back in Congress about this issue Slapping allies around is Obama's idea of looking strong. He is beginning to understand that he's starting to look weak elsewhere, so he's plans to look strong on Israel. The Kool Aid crowd in the WH is all for it; according to Laura Rozen, they are even leaking against Dennis Ross, calling him an Israeli agent, when he just is trying to explain basic realities to them. The Israelis are asking themselves, where does this end? we already gave a moratorium on WB construction, and Clinton praised it; now it is gone as if it had never been. If we yield something on Jerusalem (try to imagine the mayor announcing that construction in Arab neighborhoods can go on, but not Jewish), what's next? So far Bibi seems to be stalling. I notice 327 Congressmen signed a letter urging Obama to reconsider his policy on Israel; who says he can't engender bipartisanship?