ESTERI / Come Israele risponde ad Obama

[Florian]

Netanyahu responds to Obama speech:
I will pursue peace in accordance with Israel's national interests


"The Government of Israel expresses its hope that this important speech in Cairo will indeed lead to a new period of reconciliation between the Arab and Moslem world and Israel.

We share President Obama's hope that the American effort heralds the beginning of a new era that will bring about an end to the conflict and lead to Arab recognition of Israel as the homeland of the Jewish people, living in peace and security in the Middle East.

Israel is committed to peace and will make every effort to expand the circle of peace while protecting its interests, especially its national security".

The statement made no mention of settlements, which Obama said should not be expanded, nor Palestinian statehood.


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[Florian]

Poll: 60% don't trust Obama to protect Israel's interests


(Ynet).Sixty percent of Israelis don't trust the president to consider and protect Israel's interests during his efforts to improve relations between America and the Muslim world.

The War and Peace Index, published on Ynet once a month, showed that 65% of the respondents feel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's trip to Washington was unsuccessful, while 19% feel it was successful.

Nonetheless, the majority of the respondents – 56% feel the stance Netanyahu presented to the US was neither too rigid, nor too lenient, but just right. Thirteen percent said the prime minister's position was too rigid, while 9% said it was too lenient.

A majority of 53% said Israel should not agree to evacuate all settlements, even if a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians depended on it, while 41% said they support evacuation.

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[Florian]

Israel: No policy change after Obama speech


(AP) — Israel will not heed President Barack Obama's powerful appeal to halt all settlement activity on lands the Palestinians claim for a future state, officials said Friday, a position that looks sure to cause a policy clash with its most powerful ally.

The government plans to allow construction inside existing West Bank settlements to accommodate for growing families, said the officials.

During a visit to Germany on Friday, the U.S. leader renewed his call for Israel to halt settlement activity in the West Bank, saying that he recognized the politics involved in Israel that made it difficult to accomplish this task. He also pressed his call for the creation of an independent Palestinian state, saying: "The moment is now for us to act."

Both positions are in conflict with Israel's new leader, Benjamin Netanyahu, who refuses to endorse Palestinian statehood or accept a settlement freeze.

Israel issued a carefully worded response hours after Obama's Cairo speech saying it hoped his words would help usher in a "new period of reconciliation" in the Middle East. The response left out any reference to settlements or other issues that are putting Israel at odds with Washington.

The government officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to go beyond the formal response, said that instead of halting all settlement activity, Israel planned to take down 22 unauthorized settlement outposts in the West Bank in the coming weeks.

Most likely, Netanyahu will be forced to choose between going along with Obama's Mideast vision, and risk a crisis in his rightist governing coalition, or rejecting it, and risk alienating Israel's most important ally.

"Benjamin Netanyahu will have to come to a decision soon. It's either 'yes' to Obama or 'no' to Obama," wrote columnist Ben Caspit in the Israeli daily Maariv on Friday.

So far there is little indication Netanyahu will answer "yes."

"With all due respect to President Obama, and there is respect, and to the deep friendship between Israel and the United States, no foreign leader of another country will set policy in Judea and Samaria," lawmaker Ofir Akonis of Netanyahu's Likud Party told Army Radio. Judea and Samaria are the Hebrew terms used for the West Bank.


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[Florian]

Lieberman seeking to ally with Russia


(Ynet).As many government officials worry about potential tensions between Jerusalem and Washington following US President Barack Obama's demands on Israel during his Thursday speech in Cairo, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman is trying to focus on alliance rather than divergence. But he's not necessarily setting his sights on America.

One of the primary objectives of Lieberman's ministerial agenda is to expand and deepen the strategic ties between Israel and Russia, which many see as a rising superpower.

Russia's position in the international community – membership in the United Nations Security Council, the Quartet and other global organizations – and its military and economic prowess make it a desirable partner in general,Moreover, Russia's history of influence in Asia and the Middle East, in particular in Iran and Syria, suggest that an alliance with the former Soviet country could be particularly beneficial to Israel.

Currently, Lieberman's Russian background and a possible change in US-Israel relations under the Obama administration could both serve as factors to push the process forward.

"There's no doubt that there's no alternative to our alliance with the US, which has and will be our primary partner," said Foreign Ministry representatives. "Ties (with Russia) are meant as an addition, not a replacement."

"We are expanding in additional directions, including Russia, South America, central Asia and India, but our ties to America come first," asserted a senior official in Lieberman's office. Israel's policy towards Russia is an overt goal for the Foreign Ministry, "but was coordinated with the Americans," another official said.

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[Leone]

Lieberman seeking to ally with Russia


(Ynet).As many government officials worry about potential tensions between Jerusalem and Washington following US President Barack Obama's demands on Israel during his Thursday speech in Cairo, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman is trying to focus on alliance rather than divergence. But he's not necessarily setting his sights on America.

One of the primary objectives of Lieberman's ministerial agenda is to expand and deepen the strategic ties between Israel and Russia, which many see as a rising superpower.

Russia's position in the international community – membership in the United Nations Security Council, the Quartet and other global organizations – and its military and economic prowess make it a desirable partner in general,Moreover, Russia's history of influence in Asia and the Middle East, in particular in Iran and Syria, suggest that an alliance with the former Soviet country could be particularly beneficial to Israel.

Currently, Lieberman's Russian background and a possible change in US-Israel relations under the Obama administration could both serve as factors to push the process forward.

"There's no doubt that there's no alternative to our alliance with the US, which has and will be our primary partner," said Foreign Ministry representatives. "Ties (with Russia) are meant as an addition, not a replacement."

"We are expanding in additional directions, including Russia, South America, central Asia and India, but our ties to America come first," asserted a senior official in Lieberman's office. Israel's policy towards Russia is an overt goal for the Foreign Ministry, "but was coordinated with the Americans," another official said.

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L'avevo anticipato nell'altro topic

[Florian]

L'avevo anticipato nell'altro topic

Infatti l'avevo messo a ribadire la tua giusta segnalazione. hefico:

PS: Ma allora Israele diventa un potenziale alleato dell'Eurussia?

[Leone]

Infatti l'avevo messo a ribadire la tua giusta segnalazione. hefico:

PS: Ma allora Israele diventa un potenziale alleato dell'Eurussia?

Ora come ora lo è solo della Russia.
Ma sì, per il futuro credo ci sia questa possibilità; bisogna vedere se gli interessi continueranno a coincidere.

[FrancoAntonio]

Mr Right forse ambisce alla cittadinanza israeliana onoraria

[FrancoAntonio]

Ora come ora lo è solo della Russia.
Ma sì, per il futuro credo ci sia questa possibilità; bisogna vedere se gli interessi continueranno a coincidere.

siccome MR Right è sfegatato filoisraeliano, forse sarà la volta buona che diventa oure lui filorusso

Vista l'amicizia della Russia verso i principali paesi musulmani, forse se Israele si avvicina alla Russia potrebbe ottenere dei risultati insperati

[Monsieur]

Netanyahu ha detto che i palestinesi non devono avere uno stato. Affermazioni vergognose e schifose. Adesso Israele va isolato, alle prossime elezioni decideranno se vorranno continuare ad essere uno stato oppressore filorusso o se vogliono tornare con l'Occidente, l'America e l'Europa.