Obama and Netanyahu to meet at UN
US President Barack Hussein Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu are to meet on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly this week. Netanyahu is scheduled to arrive Wednesday in New York for the General Assembly meeting. He told his Cabinet Sunday that he will meet with Obama, as well as other world leaders, upon his arrival.Note how Netanyahu has started to plug US support for Israel - the likely price for that support is to at least not hurt Obama's reelection campaign.
White House National Security Council spokesman Ben Rhodes confirmed the scheduled meeting to reporters over the weekend. Obama is not scheduled to meet with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, according to the White House.
Netanyahu and Abbas are both scheduled to address the General Assembly on Sept. 23, after which Abbas said he will submit a bid for full membership for the state of Palestine in the U.N. Security Council.
"The U.N. is not a place where Israel wins praise, but I think that it is important that I go there in order to represent both the State of Israel and the truth -- and the truth is that Israel wants peace and the truth is that the Palestinians are doing everything to torpedo direct peace negotiations," Netanyahu said Sunday.
Netanyahu reiterated that the only way for Israel and the Palestinians to achieve a peace agreement is through direct negotiations. He said that Abbas a year ago had declared a year ago that the Palestinians' goal was to be accepted as a U.N. member and its attempt "will fail."
"It will fail because it must go through the U.N. Security Council. Decisions that are binding on U.N. members pass through the Security Council," the Israeli leader said. "I am convinced that the activity of the U.S., which is deeply cooperating with us, as well as the activity of other governments with which we are also cooperating will result in the failure of this attempt."
Labels: Barack Hussein Obama, Binyamin Netanyahu, Campaign 2012
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 8:14 PM
3 Comments:
I hope PM Netanyahu comes out to the microphones and says, "Israel will not give up on the Peace Treaties we've negotiated and all parties have signed in the past. We ask the U.N. not to give up on Peace!"
And the reason is that all those agreements say that the neighbors are not allowed to attack Israel or kill Israelis. So no cross border attacks from Egypt (Israel WILL defend her citizens, Jewish and non-Jewish). No rockets or suicide bombers from Gaza, J/S PA, Lebanon! Elementary, my dear Watson! This is the Step One requirement for any other changes and this Step One has been signed in the past by every player... I hope he reasserts this to Obama, the U.N., and everyone else!
I look at that picture of Obama and curse Americans for their stupidity in giving him such power.
"Note how Netanyahu has started to plug US support for Israel - the likely price for that support is to at least not hurt Obama's reelection campaign"--well, Carl, and at least that works both ways. Paws crossed that Obama goes through with the promised UNSC veto.
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