Netanyahu Tells U.S. 'Not To Ever Second Guess Me Again' On Hamas

[Purveyor]

Source: Associated Press

MATTHEW LEE, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Following the quick collapse of the cease-fire in Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the White House not to force a truce with Palestinian militants on Israel.

Sources familiar with conversations between Netanyahu and senior U.S. officials, including Secretary of State John Kerry, say the Israeli leader advised the Obama administration "not to ever second guess me again" on the matter. The officials also said Netanyahu said he should be "trusted" on the issue and about the unwillingness of Hamas to enter into and follow through on cease-fire talks.

The Obama administration on Friday condemned "outrageous" violations of an internationally brokered Gaza cease-fire by Palestinian militants and called the apparent abduction of an Israeli soldier a "barbaric" action.

The strong reaction came as top Israeli officials questioned the effort to forge the truce, accusing the U.S. and the United Nations of being naive in assuming the radical Hamas movement would adhere with its terms. The officials also blamed the Gulf state of Qatar for not forcing the militants to comply.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/02/netanyahu-hamas_n_5643852.html

[ladjf]

1. Excuse me. You have no right to make any demands of us. On the other hand, Israel's relationship

with the U.S. might not be as permanent as you seem to believe.

[yurbud]

23. has he ever heard of beggars can't be choosers?

[billhicks76]

33. What A Jerk

They have more than enough money. Make them pay for their own war crimes.

[wisteria]

3. I wonder if it really happened like this?

I mean really, Netanyahu gets to speak like that to our President and Secretary of State? Netanyahu, may be correct that Hamas is not to be trusted, I'm sure, an assumption, that was not lost on our President and Secretary of State, but Netanyahu is short sighted, because he is unwilling to listen to reason, and the same cycle of attacks, killings and attacks goes on and on. There is a solution, Kerry and President Obama have been trying to introduce it, a 2 state system. Israel, however wants no part of it. So, we get this supposedly tough talk from a very short sighted man?

[ChairmanAgnostic]

12. you forget his better qualities:

spiteful
opinionated
racist
thuggish
incapable of accepting advice or constructive criticism
arrogant
cruel
murderous

In reality, his myopic personality pales in comparison to all of his good points listed above.

[bigwillq]

4. NMMTIEA

No More Money To Israel Ever Again

[Chasstev365]

5. CUT ALL AID NOW

Who does this Asshole think he is? Does he realize he's playing with triggering WW III?

I also believe there is a racial component here, as the Prime Minister has disrespected President Obama in ways that he never would with a white Republican in the White House.

[Calista241]

25. WW3??

Now that is a bit of an over-reaction. There is a reason this conflict has been going on for 50 years. Nobody really gives a shit about the Palestinians. Not the Israeli's, not the Jordanians, and definitely not the Egyptians.

The conflict in Iraq is orders of magnitude more likely to spawn a larger, regional war IMO.

[JDPriestly]

35. The facts are more complex than the OP's excerpt from the article indicates.

With the cease-fire in tatters fewer than two hours after it took effect with an attack that killed two Israeli troops and left a third missing, President Barack Obama demanded that those responsible release the soldier.

Obama and other U.S. officials did not directly blame Hamas for the abduction. But they made clear they hold Hamas responsible for, or having influence over, the actions of all factions in the Gaza Strip. The language was a distinct change from Thursday when Washington was focused on the deaths of Palestinian civilians.

. . . .

"It's going to be very hard to put a cease-fire back together again if Israelis and the international community can't feel confident that Hamas can follow through on a cease-fire commitment," he said. His comment reflected uncertainty in the U.S. and elsewhere that Hamas was actually responsible for the incident or if some other militant group was to blame.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/02/netanyahu-hamas_n_5643852.html

I have been pointing this out for several days on DU. The plight of the Palestinians is tragic. But the problem is that Palestine is a group of people, not a country with reliable, trustworthy law enforcement.

Palestinians have not shown that they are capable of enforcing a cease-fire, much less a peace treaty against segments of their own population who violate it.

That is why negotiation is so difficult in this situation.

I don't know whether you remember that Palestinians were able to travel into Israel, work and go home safely not so long ago.

Then some crazy Palestinian faction decided to launch the Second Intifada.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Intifada

As I have also pointed out in other posts, wars most often end in one of three ways:

1) one side just stops fighting and goes home.

2) the parties come to terms and negotiate a compromise settlement.

3) one side conquers the other. Think WWII.

Israel and Palestine have tried number 2. They have tried negotiation many times. Unless they try it again, one or the other will conquer.

Look at history and you will learn that the parties have three choices. If they want to live together in peace they have to a) negotiate a compromise that is comprehensive and with which they both agree to live and b) enforce the negotiated settlement.

The Palestinians are running out of time. They have lost virtually every war they fought. (I think they sort of won one of them.) It's tough, but if they want their children to grow up in peace, the peace has to start with them. The reason the US backs Israel is that the Palestinians have committed so many terrorist attacks and appear to be unable to enforce peace among their own people.

It's very tragic, but we have to look at it realistically because not doing so will cost many, many more lives and set the region back decades.

[YOHABLO]

36. You mean WWlll

[clg311]

6. Keep those welfare checks coming. NT

[conservaphobe]

7. Talk about biting the hand that feeds you. nt

[L0oniX]

8. Qatar??? WTF Uninformed or misinformed seems to be the choice. Trust? No one!

[modestybl]

9. This murderous thug may well be in cahoots with the Hamas extreme...

...their interests appear to line up perfectly. Permanent War...

[supercats]

10. Wow, This Little Hitler Is Telling Us What To Do?!

Why don't we take back our weapons and let him fight his own wars...Enough already!

[ChairmanAgnostic]

11. Naw, he is more of a

Goebbels or Himmler.

[calilama]

14. Yes he's Hitler and Hamas are democratic fighters for freedom

Christ on a cracker that's just silly stuff

[Scootaloo]

16. Okay, seriously, read a book

Netanyahu is not any kind of "Hitler." Little, big, polka-dot, nothing. The fucker ranks maybe a hypothetical "President McCain,' a thuggish, thoughtless, racist goon who somehow flopped his way out of the swamp of bureaucratic banality to become head of a nation.

Enough with the thoughtless hyperbole, alright? it makes the rest of us standing for Palestinians look bad, and it's not even remotely accurate to begin with.

[MyNameGoesHere]

40. Well both of them have issued

a final solution for an certain peoples. So tell me how that isn't similar? Although he did call them snakes instead of rats.

[Scootaloo]

42. Netanyahu has not, actually

At least, not to my knowledge.

If you want to draw the comparison with Moshe Feiglin, then hey, that's more apt. But do be sure you are drawing the comparison on that criteria.

it's an accuracy thing. Hitler's got a lot of things going on, you have to specify hat point you're drawing comparison to, y'know?

[steve2470]

47. Nazi comparison = omfg OTT, just saying...... nt

[defacto7]

13. If one person calls you an ass, forget it.

If everyone is calling you an ass, you had better put a bridal on.

I was told by a theologian once that there is a word in ancient Hebrew used for the English word arrogance but is better translated as, "is unwilling to learn" or "is unteachable".

Netanyahu is one arrogant ass.

[gaspee]

15. No problem, just don't come to the US with your hand out!

I am so angry over their behavior over the past month that I can't stand it!

[4now]

17. He is letting the world know who has the power - not the U.S.

The U.S. congress will not dare stand up to him because that would be political death.
He wins and gets to crow about to the world.

[Hulk]

18. Could it be that this Jewish H-thug wants the Palestinians to think twice before they vote again?

Bibi couldn't care less about the lives of Palestinians....men, women, children...anyone. He wants them to think twice before they elect Hamas to represent them in the future. "A vote for Hamas is a vote for another wave of overwhelming brutality again, and again, and again..."

He doesn't want to make peace with Hamas, nor does Hamas have any desire to make peace with their oppressors. Hamas wants to push the Israelis into the sea, or worse. I can't say that I blame them.

Reverse the rolls for just a second: Put the Israeli's in the place of the Palestinians. How would they react? Would they be content to be caged in the middle of nowhere, not allowed to travel or trade outside their own miserable existence? The atrocities that go on DAILY in Gaza BREW the hatred that Hamas perpetuates. I am not one bit surprised by what has transpired.

Someone posted this either on this site or another:

&feature=em-share_video_user

It is well worth your time to watch, if you haven't already. An Israeli Soldier's story. Extremely eye-opening as to what goes on DAILY in this hell we call Gaza. Unreal, and yet we blame Hamas totally for their aggression. Absurd.

[TygrBright]

19. I don't think this is going to turn out well. For Bibi. n/t

[VA_Jill]

20. Hey Bibi?

Naff off!

[Zambero]

21. Second-guessing on where future armaments will come from?

Unfortunately, yes, he probably can accurately do so.

[Trillo]

22. Rec this up to the greatest page.

We should all see what "The little Satan" says to "The big Satan." When is The Big Satan gonna wake up?

[Comrade Grumpy]

24. This blood-drenched asshole is no friend of our president.

Yet Democrats give him a blank check. Fucking pathetic.

[easychoice]

26. Rockets! yayhoo luvz em!!!!

Put one through his front door.
sort of a going away present.

[BeyondGeography]

27. Fuckanyahoo

It really sucks to be US sometimes.

[Baitball Blogger]

28. Not a problem, Netty. Stop taking US military and financial aid.

[wordpix]

29. reports are Bibi and O don't get along in general

Bibi is RW. OTOH, the tunnels do threaten Israel's security. But Bibi should not try to go it alone.

[Laughing Mirror]

30. Our man in Israel surely means business

What about our man in Ukraine? How's he doing, I wonder, with some 5,000 deaths of "terrorists" on his hands.

We always fight the good fight, don't we. No matter who is fighting it for us.

[Shrike47]

31. His arrogant attitude is offensive and he's hurting his country and his cause.

Bombing Gaza to rubble will not make his problem disappear.

[rtracey]

32. Or F'n what?

F you dude, we support you. Without us, your home would be dust, and you know it Netanyahu, so tuck you d*ck back in and shut your mouth

[billhicks76]

34. He's A Racist

Israel doesn't need our money. They ate flush. They just want the appearance of someone supporting their aggression.

[Scootaloo]

43. Well, with the way Likud MK's led an anti-African race riot in Tel Aviv not too long ago...

Wouldn't surprise me if Netanyahu saw dark skin and the name "Barack Hussein Obama" and got it in his head that he was going to be the one "in charge."

[Sherman A1]

37. In my opinion

it is far beyond the time to stop aid to Israel, recall our Ambassador and perhaps freeze their assets.

A message that I will be emailing to the White House, my Senators & Representative. Probably won't do any good, but I will let them know my feelings this issue.

I believe that others should do the same.

[Earth_First]

38. ...and the US government quivers.

Thy bidding will be done.

"Yes sir. Yes. Sir. Right away, sir."

[Fozzledick]

39. He's right of course.

Amazing to see all the cognitive dissonance. Some people just can't seem to deal with it.

[LannyDeVaney]

41. Well, given the latest news on the Israeli soldier ...

the US is now obviously hand-in-hand with Israel in the propaganda to justify the killing of thousands of innocents. Oh, in my opinion.

Just keep funding the bombs Kerry. Whatever you do, keep funding the bombs!

[Chemisse]

44. The abduction of an Israeli soldier is 'barbaric'?

The administration is silent on the murder of hundreds of innocent children, but the taking of a POW is barbaric?

Clearly the pro-Israeli groups in this country have our government in a stranglehold.

[Fozzledick]

45. Using a humanitarian cease fire to launch a sneak attack is.

[steve2470]

46. If he really said that, then fuck you, Mr. Netanyahu nt

[Orsino]

48. How about ninety-fifth guessing?

Now that pattern of failure is well established.

[november3rd]

49. Why are we backing them with arms?

Israel repeatedly uses its US - made weapons for advancing the cause Netanyahu has repeatedly stated as his goal, "The complete elimination of the Arabs as a viable community and political force in Palestine.

Why do we have to enable them to use every little pretext for conflict as an excuse to disproportionately overreact and wreck the entire Palestinian population and infrastructure?

They're doing everything they can, in every situation, to hurt, destroy, REMOVE the Arabs from Palestine.

It's time for the US to stop enabling this aggression, or to proactively stop it.