Posted: 5/22/2009 12:08:00 PM EDT
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Obama was all set to announce in Cairo on the 4th what he wanted Jerusalem to look like. Bibi flat out rejects it, and then rejected Obama's *suggestion* that Israel fly the U.N. flag over The Wall.
Looks like professional kicked the commieboy/amateurs ass. HH ======================================= US: Obama won't present peace plan in Egypt White House press secretary denies reports that American president will be presenting a Mideast peace initiative in Cairo on June 4. Obama will not be the one to determine core issues, he clarifies Yitzhak Benhorin Published: 05.22.09, 21:00 / Israel News WASHINGTON – PM Netanyahu can breathe with relief, at least for a few more months: The White House announced Friday that US President Barack Obama would not be presenting an American peace initiative for the Middle East during his upcoming speech in Egypt on June 4. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs was asked about the issue following media reports that the plan would be presented soon, following Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Washington earlier this week. PA sources claim US officials said any future state would include part of Jewish capital as their own, cessation of all settlement construction in West Bank; demand clear schedule for two-state solution The American spokesman clarified that the speech itself, which is still being composed in Washington, would be a broader speech about relations with Muslims worldwide, and that the president did not intend to present a Mideast peace plan. Gibbs did note that Obama could not address the Muslim world without referring to the issue, but added that it was incorrect that the speech would focus on it. The White House official stressed that the president has been holding meetings with Middle East leaders and speaking on the phone with others in order to carry out a political process, but added that the core issue would not be determined by the president but rather by the parties to a future agreement. Ynet has learned from sources in the American administration that President Obama is expected to present in his Cairo speech principles for Israeli-Arab peace, but will not display his own peace plan. The principles, which have already been voiced by Obama himself and other administration officials, are the American insistence on the two states for two people solution, freezing settlement construction, maintaining Palestinian dignity, Israel's security, normalization with Arab countries, etc. Following Obama meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas next Thursday, special Mideast envoy George Mitchell is expected to visit the region for another round of talks, this time with sufficient information following the American president's meetings with Mideast leaders, in order to ignite a move in which both sides will present trust-building steps. |
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Bibi Rejects Obama's 'UN Flag at Kotel'; Star of David to Remain
by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu (IsraelNN.com) Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu vowed at the Mercaz HaRav yeshiva in Jerusalem Thursday night that the Israeli flag will continue to fly over the Western Wall (Kotel). The first prime minister in years to appear at the venerable yeshiva on Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day), he ignored U.S. President Barack Obama’s apparent trial balloon that he wants to see the United Nations flag fly over the Old City holy sites. Jordan’s King Abdullah II said the president put forward the proposal during his visit to the White House last month. Prime Minister Netanyahu declared, "The flag that flies over the Kotel is the Israeli flag... Our holy places, the Temple Mount –– will remain under Israeli sovereignty forever.” Between 1949 and 1967, the religious sites in the City, as well as all of Judea and Samaria, had been under the control of Jordan, which forbid entry of Jews to the Western Wall (Kotel) and other holy places, as well as barring Christians from churches. Israel immediately opened all holy sites to all religions after the entire city was re-united in 1967, returning the Old City to Israeli sovereignty after nearly 2,000 years. In his short but enthusiastic speech at the yeshiva, where an Arab terrorist slaughtered eight young students slightly more than a year ago, Prime Minister Netanyahu repeated his “Undivided Jerusalem” message. The packed study hall of the yeshiva interrupted Prime Minister Netanyahu’s short speech several times with applause. The first clap of hands was in response to the statement that Israel’s capital “never will be divided again.” Jerusalem Day marks the day in the Six Day War upon which the Israel Defense Forces liberated the eastern neighborhoods of Jerusalem from Jordanian rule. In an attempt to appeal to the national-religious community after years of neglect from a prime minister, Netanyahu said, “It is important for me to stay in warm communication with you. The connection with Jerusalem unites all sectors of the people, secular and religious, as one." Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert had kept a very close relation with Yeshivat Mercaz HaRav when he was mayor of Jerusalem and attended annual Jerusalem Day ceremonies there, but he became more distant from religious institutions after he followed former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to his new Kadima party. Prime Minister Netanyahu’s vow on Jerusalem was made in the presence of Israel’s two chief rabbis, Likud Knesset Member and former IDF Chief of Staff Moshe Yaalon, and Jewish Home party chairman MK Rabbi Daniel Hershkowitz. It was the second time during the day he promised to keep the city united, having stated earlier in the day that “Jerusalem was always ours, will always be ours, and will never again be divided.” His speech was delivered at Ammunition Hill in memory of soldiers who fell in the Six-Day War in 1967. |
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First he gets taken to task by Bibi, then Cheney takes him to school on Foreign Policy and Homeland Defense. Hasn't been a good week for the Obaminator. ..and don't forget the major headache he has with Pelosi's charge against the CIA. Didn't he also basically tell Biden to STFU, too? Imagine that...a moron surrounded by morons. HH |
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U.S. President Barack Obama’s apparent trial balloon that he wants to see the United Nations flag fly over the Old City holy sites. Just when I thought I couldn't find him more repulsive Obama somehow manages to disgust me more and more every day. I have NO doubts he'd fly that same fucking flag over the U.S, too, if he could get away with it. HH |
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If people weren't still dying over it I'd find it pretty funny that a nation can be invaded by a group of enemies on no provocation, beat those enemies soundly and capture some territory from them and then have world bodies and world leaders spend forty years trying to justify forcing the attacked, victorious nation to return said conquered territory.
Actions have consequences. The Spanish sank the USS Maine and ended up losing Cuba over it. No one has been trying to get us to return it to them, and the poor communists aren't making any headway getting Guantanamo back. That's life. If Islam wasn't involved, the Golan Heights, West Bank and Jerusalem wouldn't be an issue anyone cared about anymore. |
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These are strange times when it makes you happy to hear a foreign leader punk out the POTUS of your own country.  
I'm of the age and temperament now that few things stop me in my tracks and make me think, but this comment did. Damn, how did we get to this point?!? !
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The Spanish sank the USS Maine . Off topic here,but, um, no they did not. We have known for many years that Spain had nothing to do with the Maine going down. Um? I've never read of any definitive results that the source of the explosion was found to be internal rather than a Spanish mine. I'm sure you have multiple legitimate sources for this assertion, though. |
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If people weren't still dying over it I'd find it pretty funny that a nation can be invaded by a group of enemies on no provocation, beat those enemies soundly and capture some territory from them and then have world bodies and world leaders spend forty years trying to justify forcing the attacked, victorious nation to return said conquered territory. Actions have consequences. The Spanish sank the USS Maine and ended up losing Cuba over it. No one has been trying to get us to return it to them, and the poor communists aren't making any headway getting Guantanamo back. That's life. If Islam wasn't involved, the Golan Heights, West Bank and Jerusalem wouldn't be an issue anyone cared about anymore. You sir, are totally right. Semper fi, Devil Dog! |
