Report: Obama wants timetable for Israeli pullout from the West Bank

If this report is true, it’s absolutely unforgivable:

YNET NEWS – US President Barack Obama has demanded a timetable for an Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank and wants to see a detailed plan from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his upcoming visit to Israel, the World Tribune reported Sunday.

Quoting Israeli sources, the newspaper said the Israeli plan would be considered as part of a US initiative to establish a Palestinian state in the West Bank in 2014.

“Obama has made it clear to Netanyahu that his visit is not about photo-ops, but the business of Iran and a Palestinian state,” a source said. “The implication is that if Israel won’t give him something he can work with, then he’ll act on his own.”

According to the report, Obama’s demand has sparked concern in the Prime Minister’s Office, mainly due to the deadlock in coalition negotiations.

“The Obama people are making this a litmus test of Netanyahu’s leadership and credibility,” the Israeli source said. “Obama supporters in Congress have sent Netanyahu a similar message.”

Part of me doesn’t want to believe that Obama would push Israel to a defenseless posture like this, but he did call for the pre-1967 borders already. And the question is what is he going to leverage to put teeth to this demand? Aid? Intelligence? Leaking more top-secret Israeli plans like using Azerbaijan as a staging ground for an attack on Iran?

If this is true, it could get very ugly for Obama and quick. After all God actually has Israel’s back.


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