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Topic: Netanyahu gives way on Jerusalem
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From: "Goodtiding" <goodtiding@gmail.com>
Date: May 09 08:08PM -0400
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/heavensoon/msg/9b0866d212017d1a
Netanyahu gives way on Jerusalem
DEBKAfile Special Report May 10, 2010, 1:05 AM (GMT+02:00)
US State Department spokesman Philip J. Crowley marked the formal
resumption of Israel-Palestinian peace talks Sunday, May 9, with
praise for the steps taken by both leaders to get the process started,
noting that "…from Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu… there would be
no more construction at the Ramat Shlomo settlement in East Jerusalem
for two years."
As a result, Palestinians are celebrating their success in
manipulating the Obama administration into squeezing concessions out
of Israel even before the talks begin - and on Jerusalem, no less.
Given Netanyahu's dogged insistence that there would be no Israel
concessions on Jerusalem, its undivided capital, even after Vice
President Joe Biden's unfortunate visit to Jerusalem in March, three
hard questions demand answers:
1. If the Israeli prime minister can't stand by his solemn pledges to
Israel and the Jewish people on Jerusalem, how much credibility can be
attributed his other statements?
2. Is he made of tough enough material to withstand pressures, or
does he have a built-in tendency to surrender when the going is rough?
3. This answer is critical when applied to matters of national
security, such as the threats from Hizballah and a nuclear-armed Iran.
The pretext offered by his aides that giving ground on Ramat Shlomo
cost nothing because the pre-planning process requires another two
years at least does not hold water. From his own and his predecessors'
experience, Netanyahu must know that every concession on a question of
principle opens the door to bullying for more. It will now be clear to
all that if he cannot stand the heat on Jerusalem, he will fold again
in September when the West Bank settlement freeze is up and find good
reason to let it run on and on.
Netanyahu manifested weakness by never once hitting back at the
unbridled and offensive assaults thrown at Israel and him personally
by members of the Palestinian negotiating team, Saeb Erekat and Abd
Rabbo in the last two days. He ignored the insults and welcomed the
PLO decision to endorse the resumption of peace talks over which Abbas
stalled for 15 months, mildly hoping there would be no more
preconditions.
He even abstained even from calling for Palestinian officials to watch
their language, least of all threaten to stay away from the table
until they stopped their incitement.
Netanyahu likewise has nothing to say to the abuse heaped on Israel by
Iranian leaders and pro-Palestinian elements in the West, some of it
rabidly anti-Semitic.
Silence is not a policy. At best, it is a tactic of survival and at
worst, presents the appearance of timidity. In either case, he has
left Israel wide open to more arm-twisting on its most fundamental
interests.
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