Surprise: J Street's 'new strategy' is exactly what Obama's doing
I had a great opening line for this post which was very much in the spirit of the current controversy regarding airline security in the US, but I decided it was a bit too graphic. I'll tell you that it involved cavity searches and leave the rest to your imagination.J Street, the pro-Obama lobby that masquerades as pro-Israel, has come out with a 'new strategy' to get 'negotiations' between Israel and the 'Palestinians' moving. I'm sure you'll all be shocked - just shocked - to hear that it's exactly what the Obama administration is planning to do anyway. If Israel is foolish enough to play along.
To address persistent stagnation in Israeli-Palestinians negotiations, J Street is putting forth a new policy proposal urging President Obama to adopt a bolder, more assertive strategy to resolve the conflict.Of course, this leaves the potentially explosive issues of the Temple Mount and the 'refugees' to the end, with Israel giving up most of its bargaining cards and not getting an 'end of conflict' clause in return. What could go wrong?
The pro-Israel, pro-peace movement is asking the administration not to pin its strategy on obtaining a 90-day extension of the partial settlement moratorium alone, but instead to focus on moving the parties towards a permanent agreement on borders and security. Should the sides fail to reach such an agreement in a short, set period of time, J Street suggests that President Obama be prepared to put forward his own proposal and to create a clear moment of choice for both parties on central final status issues.
Labels: Barack Obama, final status negotiations, J Street
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 7:27 PM
1 Comments:
The new J-Street is like the old J-Street.
They're really pro-Israel, aren't they?
Whatta a surprise!
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