Obama and the Blessing of Israel's Government of Settlers

[ellenrr]

Those who hoped that Barack Obama would be arriving in Israel to bang Israeli and Palestinian heads together, after four years of impasse in the peace process, will be sorely disappointed.
The US president’s trip this week may be historic – the first of his presidency to Israel and the Palestinian territories – but he did everything possible beforehand to lower expectations.

At the weekend, Arab-American leaders revealed that Obama had made it clear he would not present a peace plan, because Israel has indicated it is not interested in an agreement with the Palestinians.

Any lingering doubts about Israel’s intentions were removed by the announcement of a new cabinet, hurriedly sworn in before the president’s visit. This government makes Benjamin Netanyahu’s last one, itself widely considered the most hardline in Israel’s history, look almost moderate.

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/03/21-0

[Janecita]

1. Obama traveled to Israel to kiss Bibi's ring!

Following a long held American presidential tradition