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Netanyahu calls Obama’s bluff

by Melkulangara K. Bhadrakumar

Netanyahu calls Obama's bluff

New Dehli (India) | 16 November 2012
As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu marshals troops toward Gaza, Barack Obama is making a grievous error by being seen as walking in step. Post-election optimism over direct talks with Iran will be shattered should Israel invade, and the Arab world will view the US president as full of empty promises. In one swipe, Netanyahu has made Gaza the litmus test of Obama’s statesmanship.

Netanyahu as seen by Sarkozy and Obama

Netanyahu as seen by Sarkozy and Obama

8 November 2011
Following a technical glitch at the Elysée Palace, a tidbit of conversation between Presidents Barack Obama and Nicolas Sarkozy was overheard by journalists covering the G20.
According to Dan Israel, who reported the incident on the internet site Arrêt sur Images, "Obama first criticized Sarkozy for not having warned him that he would vote in favor of Palestine’s accession to UNESCO, while the United States was strongly opposed. The conversation then drifted to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin (...)

Netanyahu: No solution without recognizing Israel as a Jewish state

Netanyahu: No solution without recognizing Israel as a Jewish state

18 June 2011
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reiterated that the Israeli-Arab conflict would remain until the Palestinians recognize Israel as a state for the Jews.
He said that Israel would not fight over “a few kilometers of land”, but that what was important is that the Palestinians recognize Israel as a Jewish state.
He added, in a statement to Israel’s Haaretz newspaper, that as long as Abbas didn’t recognize Israel there would be no way to reach an agreement.
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