Clinton rebukes Israel

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton rebuked Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Friday about the state of the U.S.-Israeli relationship, demanding that Israel take immediate steps to show it is interested in renewing efforts to achieve a Middle East peace agreement.

State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley described the nearly 45-minute phone conversation in unusually undiplomatic terms, signaling that the close allies are facing their deepest crisis in two decades after the embarrassment suffered by Vice President Biden this week when Israel announced during his visit that it plans to build 1,600 housing units in a disputed area of Jerusalem.

Clinton called Netanyahu "to make clear the United States considered the announcement a deeply negative signal about Israel's approach to the bilateral relationship and counter to the spirit of the vice president's trip," Crowley said. Clinton, he said, emphasized that "this action had undermined trust and confidence in the peace process and in America's interests."

Special envoy George J. Mitchell has struggled to relaunch peace talks between the Israelis and the Palestinians. Last week, he got the two sides to agree to indirect talks, with Mitchell shuttling between them, but the Israeli announcement has imperiled that development. Rising Palestinian anger led Israeli forces on Friday to seal off the West Bank and post riot squads around Jerusalem's Old City and Arab neighborhoods.

U.S. officials were especially furious about the announcement because they thought they had reached a private understanding with Netanyahu that even though East Jerusalem was not officially included in the moratorium, he would prevent any provocative actions there. Its release during Biden's trip, intended as a fence-mending mission, was seen as another slap.

"The announcement of the settlements on the very day that the vice president was there was insulting," Clinton told CNN on Friday.

Obama had approved Clinton's call, sitting down with her during their weekly meeting Thursday to determine the language she would use.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...1202615_pf.html

[~PalmTreeGurl~ 154]

Im not surprised... IMO the Clintons need to be rebuked

[William33 110]

Argghhh....That ongoing issue will never be resolved in my lifetime. I had hoped for it, but no go....

[Scott & Lai 12]

Im not surprised... IMO the Clintons need to be rebuked

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Anti-Netanyahu campaign ad from the most recent election, comparing his record to his past tenure as PM.


"Bibi. It's the same Bibi. Once was enough for us."

[Nagishkaw 510]

Im not surprised... IMO the Clintons need to be rebuked

And rightly so.

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Im not surprised... IMO the Clintons need to be rebuked

And rightly so.

What does this have to do with the Clintons?

First of all - it's singular. We have one Secretary of State, not two.

Second of all - this is singularly Bibi's mess. He's been a total fuckup since taking office.

Then again, he was a total fuckup before taking office, so nothing new there.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

And rightly so.

What does this have to do with the Clintons?

First of all - it's singular. We have one Secretary of State, not two.

Second of all - this is singularly Bibi's mess. He's been a total fuckup since taking office.

Then again, he was a total fuckup before taking office, so nothing new there.

It's the haterz. Personally, I think Hillary has fought her niche as Secretary of State.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

It's the haterz. Personally, I think Hillary has fought found her niche as Secretary of State.

fixxored

[_Simpson_ 250]

Argghhh....That ongoing issue will never be resolved in my lifetime. I had hoped for it, but no go....

I know your pain, I once thought this would be settled in my lifetime too, fat chance.

I dont know why people are taking issue with Hillary on this one, she's spot on and Isreal needs to quit building these settlements.

[DEDixon 39]

Argghhh....That ongoing issue will never be resolved in my lifetime. I had hoped for it, but no go....

resolved? how is resolved defined? who defines resolved?

as i see it, even if the pals received "country" status, they would still continue to complain...###### about injustices of the past. maybe israel is smart enough to know this so they aren't in any hurry to resolve anything because no matter, it will never be "resolved."

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

resolved? how is resolved defined? who defines resolved?

as i see it, even if the pals received "country" status, they would still continue to complain...###### about injustices of the past. maybe israel is smart enough to know this so they aren't in any hurry to resolve anything because no matter, it will never be "resolved."

You sorta hafta wonder whether the democratic model has failed. Israel gets Netanyahu. America gets what we get, pick your poison, GWB, or BHO. I guess the only thing worse than a democratic constitutional republic is everything else that has been tried so far.

To answer your post point blank, the situation gets resolved when Israel finds someplace else to live. I suggest Broward County, Florida, or Palm Springs, California.

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You sorta hafta wonder whether the democratic model has failed. Israel gets Netanyahu. America gets what we get, pick your poison, GWB, or BHO. I guess the only thing worse than a democratic constitutional republic is everything else that has been tried so far.

In a speech in the House of Commons on 11 November 1947, Winston Churchill said:

No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.

NB: A country need not be a republic, nor even have a formally written Constitution, to function as a democracy. There are plenty of non-republican democracies in the world, most notably many of the world's constitutional monarchies (UK, Scandinavian countries, Canada, Holland, etc.).

To answer your post point blank, the situation gets resolved when Israel finds someplace else to live. I suggest Broward County, Florida, or Palm Springs, California.

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resolved? how is resolved defined? who defines resolved?

as i see it, even if the pals received "country" status, they would still continue to complain...###### about injustices of the past. maybe israel is smart enough to know this so they aren't in any hurry to resolve anything because no matter, it will never be "resolved."

That's an interesting perspective, considering the Jews will never quit whining about the injustices of the holocaust. Maybe it's a quantity game, and smaller numbers just don't count. So much for minority representation and "in the eyes of God, all men are equal".

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That's an interesting perspective, considering the Jews will never quit whining about the injustices of the holocaust. Maybe it's a quantity game, and smaller numbers just don't count. So much for minority representation and "in the eyes of God, all men are equal".

Here we go again. Got ourselves another one.

STFU & GTFO