Israel Names 'Pro-Republican' Hawk As New Envoy To US
Source: Agence France-Presse
AFP - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu named as Israel's new ambassador to Washington Tuesday a peace process hawk seen as close to President Barack Obama's Republican opponents.
Ron Dermer, who already served a stint in Washington as economic attache from 2005 to 2008, is on the record as voicing scepticism about the wisdom of a two-state solution to the Palestinian problem.
According to US diplomatic cables leaked to WikiLeaks, he is also convinced that Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas is not a partner for peace.
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Israel's left-leaning daily Haaretz commented that Dermer's views on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict were "far more extreme than Netanyahu's" and had sparked "shock" among US as well as European officials.
Read more: http://www.france24.com/en/20130709-israel-names-pro-republican-hawk-new-envoy-us
hlthe2b
(102,292 posts)This is wearing really thin....
Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)They always do. Oh, sometimes they make clucking noises of disapproval first, but then...
Lasher
(27,597 posts)Give 'em hell, Obama!
azurnoir
(45,850 posts)it is part and parcel to US/Israel relations since 2009
AnotherMcIntosh
(11,064 posts)Sand Wind
(1,573 posts)Israel just don't give a shit about peace process at this moment, and more and more there will be colonists, the more their politicians will be dependant from them...
kelliekat44
(7,759 posts)any way they can to thwart whatever good he tries to do. So much opposition against this President, I don't know how he manages to keep that smile on his face as he tackles the myriad of issues facing the nation.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)Shame on anyone who believed John Kerry's optimism on I/P, btw.
Sand Wind
(1,573 posts)geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)delrem
(9,688 posts)Netanyahu wouldn't have appointed him if that was true.
{edited to add: I'm not attributing this lie to purveyor!}
Why is this discussion so loaded with ridiculous pretenses like that?
Why can't we admit the truth?
Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)delrem
(9,688 posts)byeya
(2,842 posts)say, "Sorry, try again"