Barry Rubin just reports Obama Administration Withdraws Proposed Concessions to Hamas and opines
This tells us that the Obama administration is continuing to put a priority on maintaining strong U.S.-Israel relations–despite many predictions to the contrary and misinterpretations of what it has said or done. One can either view the previous initiative on Hamas as a trial balloon that got shot down or as a mistake whose correction shows the underlying main line of administration policy.
The original proposal might eventually have become its first step directly damaging U.S.-Israel relations and injuring Israel’s interests, the Obama administration has reportedly proposed allowing American aid to go to a Palestinian Authority (PA) even if Hamas, which is designated in U.S. law as a terrorist group, would be participating in it.
I don’t buy it.
That’s the second time in the last month that he seemed to suspend judgement on Obama’s intentions and suggested that things weren’t so bad yet.
We know that Obama wants to effect the two state solution, but how. Obama seems to be embracing the Saudi Plan. So even if he doesn’t bring Hamas in from the cold, Israel is still in trouble.
Now if Obama was to endorse the Kadima proposals by allowing Israel to keep 7% of the West Bank and rejecting the right of return, the Arabs would never accept it. So Obama will not endorse Israel’s latest offer. In fact Obama wants to force Israel to capitulate so he can show results to the Arabs and Iran.
So why is Rubin saying “the Obama administration is continuing to put a priority on maintaining strong U.S.-Israel relations”?
I don’t get it.
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