Israel's Shield No More?

[Purveyor]

Officials say they are revisiting the U.S. stance in light of Netanyahu rolling back his support of a Palestinian state.

By Michael Crowley
3/18/15 6:44 PM EDT

In the wake of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decisive re-election, the Obama administration is revisiting longtime assumptions about America’s role as a shield for Israel against international pressure.

Angered by Netanyahu’s hard-line platform towards the Palestinians, top Obama officials would not rule out the possibility of a change in American posture at the United Nations, where the U.S. has historically fended off resolutions hostile to Israel.

And despite signals from Israel suggesting that Netanyahu might walk back his rejection, late in the campaign, of a Palestinian state under his watch, Obama officials say they are taking him at his word.

“The positions taken by the prime minister in the last days of the campaign have raised very significant substantive questions that go far beyond just optics,” said a senior administration official, adding that recent Israeli government actions were in keeping with Netanyahu’s rhetoric.

While saying it was “premature” to discuss Washington’s policy response, the official wouldn’t rule out a modified American posture at the United Nations, where the U.S. has long fended off resolutions critical of Israeli settlement activity and demanding its withdrawal from Palestinian territories.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/03/israels-america-united-116203.html#ixzz3Uo7VjFqt

[Man from Pickens]

1. Obama's going to get savaged over this

but it's the right thing to do

I am firmly convinced that Israeli leaders knowing the US has had their back no matter what they do has caused them to behave a lot more aggressively than they would have otherwise, dragging the US into the messes thus created time and time again. It's like a kid on the playground who picks fights then brings his older brother in to fight them.

Both countries, as well as all of Israel's neighbors, will be better off once this unhealthy relationship is put on a more mature foundation.

[blkmusclmachine]

2. The U.S. will NEVER abandon "God's landing pad" (Israel).

[Nitram]

3. Obama is not running for president again.

He can allow a vote in the U.N. to recognize Palestine as a nation. Congress has no say in the matter.

[yurbud]

4. If Netanyahu is going to oppose a SEPARATE Palestinian state, it's time for a ONE STATE solution

declare everyone West of the Jordan Israeli citizens and start treating them as such.

[yurbud]

5. If they had done this from the start, there would have been no foothold for religious extremists in

Occupied Territories and those Palestinians would function more or less like the Palestinians already living within Israel's borders.