Obama Gets the Message From Congress and America Regarding Israel...Falls In Line At Meeting With Netanyahu

The fact that both the House of Representatives and the Senate BOTH sent letters to Barack Hussein Obama in the past four weeks more or less telling him he better end his campaign of working against Israel appears to have worked as the initial reports coming out of today's meeting with Netanyahu sugget that Obama played nice and the meeting was productive. Now, I have no doubt that this was painful for Obama, considering my view that he detests Israel and certainly sides with the Arab position in the Middle East but it does appear he knows he's up against a tsunami of support for Israel both in D.C. and across this country.

For all of those of you who reached out to your representatives in Congress and implored them to pressure Obama on this issue, I applaud you.

From the story at DEBKA:

US President Barack Obama indicated this at the end of his White House conversation with Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu Tuesday, July 6, which both called "excellent." What he said was there had been "no change" in US policy in the wake of the Non-Proliferation Treaty conference in May, which called on Israel to join the treaty. The US president stressed that given its size, history and the levels of threat Israel faces: "We will not ask Israel to take steps that endanger its security."

The US president did not reply directly when asked if he had asked Israel to extend the 10-month settlement-Jerusalem construction freeze when it expires on September 26. He said he hoped the right climate would enable face-to-face talks to go forward by September and stressed he believes Israel and its prime minister are serious about peace and will take risks to achieve it.He added that the Israeli people deserved a secure peace - not Iran's proxies next door or rockets falling on them and repeated his call for Palestinian sovereignty and two states living side by side in peace. Confidence-building steps on both sides were important, said Obama.

Many of us prayed for this type of outcome from this meeting and I have to give tremendous credit to Mr. Netanyahu for his patience with this fledgling President with whacked out ideas about the Middle East.

Now, if I could only be a fly on the wall for Netanyahu's meeting with Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton! That is going to probably redefine the word, "uncomfortable."

But overall, we have a lot to be thankful for at the moment. Don't get me wrong here, this isn't over...a lot of this is a smokescreen from Obama but perhaps we've got some time now...so thanks go to Barack Hussein Obama for either waking the hell up or at least realizing he was fighting a losing battle on this one.

Obama accepts Israel's nuclear stance as reflecting its unique security needs


US President Barack Obama indicated this at the end of his White House conversation with Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu Tuesday, July 6, which both called "excellent." What he said was there had been "no change" in US policy in the wake of the Non-Proliferation Treaty conference in May, which called on Israel to join the treaty. The US president stressed that given its size, history and the levels of threat Israel faces: "We will not ask Israel to take steps that endanger its security."
debkafile's Washington sources: This was taken to mean that the US policy of ambiguity regarding Israel's reported nuclear arsenal was unchanged and Israel would not be pressed to joint the NPT.

Netanyahu praised the latest round of UN sanctions against Iran and the new US measures. He urged other countries to follow the US president's lead and initiate much tougher sanctions. Only then will it be possible to tell if they are biting enough to prevent Iran attaining a nuclear weapon, said the Israeli prime minister.
The US president did not reply directly when asked if he had asked Israel to extend the 10-month settlement-Jerusalem construction freeze when it expires on September 26. He said he hoped the right climate would enable face-to-face talks to go forward by September and stressed he believes Israel and its prime minister are serious about peace and will take risks to achieve it.
He added that the Israeli people deserved a secure peace - not Iran's proxies next door or rockets falling on them and repeated his call for Palestinian sovereignty and two states living side by side in peace. Confidence-building steps on both sides were important, said Obama. He had discussed Mahmoud Abbas the need to stop "engaging in provocative language, incitement and looking for opportunities to embarrass Israel."
While the US president denied any rift with Israel, Netanyahu praised the cooperation with the US in fields which they both listed as the economy, international relations, military, maintaining Israel's military edge and intelligence-sharing -in ways not always made public Netanyahu added that the special US-Israel bond - which both termed "unbreakable" - was beneficial to the region.
Obama added that the continuing cooperation had broadened since he and Netanyahu came to office and he hoped relations would continue to improve.
The Israeli prime minister and his wife are spending three days in the United States. He is due to meet with Secretary of state Hillary Clinton, Jewish American leaders in New York. Sarah Netanyahu will also meet with the First Lady, Michelle Obama.