Washington warns Israel not to rock the Mideast boat

[Scurrilous]

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/367654.html

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"The U.S. administration has lowered its level of
interest in the Israeli-Palestinian dispute and
ceased efforts to renew the political process as
it focuses on the war in Iraq and President George
W. Bush's reelection.

Everything else is secondary
and, as far as the
administration is concerned,
that means Israel and the
Palestinians are required not
to get in the way of those
two goals.

According to messages reaching
Jerusalem from Washington,
the Israeli side does not always seem to
understand the American interests, and does not
always help advance those interests. Therefore,
administration officials have been reiterating
to Israeli officials three "noes" or red lines
that Israel has been asked not to cross: not to
harm Palestinian Authority leader Yasser
Arafat, not to shock the region, and not to
take steps that set facts on the ground,
foiling the future Palestinian state. The
Americans emphasize that it is important to
maintain that state's viability and contiguity,
so they oppose settlement expansion and the
separation fence's route, and demand that the
illegal outposts be dismantled."

[frylock]

1. or what? we'll ask them nicely again?!

:eyes:

[tinnypriv]

2. Aluf must surely be stealing from Caspit

His first para is almost word for word. :D

Good info on the rest though.