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**tgs** · 04-07-2011, 03:58 AM

Aliyah

I don't buy Ben Ami's story for the very simple reason that the Pals were already offered this very same deal by two of Israel's past prime ministers (Ehud Barak in 2001 and Ehud Olmert more recently, before Netanyahu was elected). Both times, the Palestinians ignored the offers, thereby in effect they rejected it. Yet J Street have been lobbying Obama to pressure Israel and NOT the Palestinian Arabs. If they would be pro Israel, then at the least, I would have expected them to lobby Obama to pressure BOTH Netanyahu AND the Palestinian Arabs.

Also, why were/are they pushing for the freeze on natural growth in places like East Jerusalem if they claim that they want Israel to keep the Major "Settlements"? And if they want an interim freeze, then why don't they insist that the Palestinian Arabs too should be subject to a freeze in East Jerusalem? If they are really pro Israel, then they should either insist on NO freeze, or a freeze for BOTH (at the least!).

04-07-2011, 03:58 AM	#4
tgs Join Date Mar 2007 Age 48 Posts 5,125 Senior Member	Aliyah I don't buy Ben Ami's story for the very simple reason that the Pals were already offered this very same deal by two of Israel's past prime ministers (Ehud Barak in 2001 and Ehud Olmert more recently, before Netanyahu was elected). Both times, the Palestinians ignored the offers, thereby in effect they rejected it. Yet J Street have been lobbying Obama to pressure Israel and NOT the Palestinian Arabs. If they would be pro Israel, then at the least, I would have expected them to lobby Obama to pressure BOTH Netanyahu AND the Palestinian Arabs. Also, why were/are they pushing for the freeze on natural growth in places like East Jerusalem if they claim that they want Israel to keep the Major "Settlements"? And if they want an interim freeze, then why don't they insist that the Palestinian Arabs too should be subject to a freeze in East Jerusalem? If they are really pro Israel, then they should either insist on NO freeze, or a freeze for BOTH (at the least!).
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