U.S. Presses New Israeli Govt to Back Two - State Solution

[Mark Giebels]

REPLY TO: D66 at nic.surfnet.nl

Ja, het Israel-Palestina conflict is één van die onderwerpen waarover
ik zeer benieuwd ben wat Obama kan gaan betekenen de komende jaren. De
eerste insteken klinken mij positief in de oren. En nu dan dit tijdens
een congres van notabene AIPAC, een politiek zeer invloedrijke
conservatieve lobbygroep voor onvoorwaardelijke steun aan Israel door
de VS.

Obama's pleidooi voor het weer gaan normaliseren van de relatie met
Cuba in het hol van de leeuw (Miami) tijdens de campagne, en dan nu
ook de speech van Biden tijdens een AIPAC congres, laten één ding
duidelijk zien: Deze regering spreekt de machtigste lobby-organisaties
in de VS niet naar de mond en vermijdt ze tegelijkertijd ook niet. Erg
sterk en hoopvol.

Groeten,
Mark Giebels


On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 5:46 PM,  <ceesbink at xs4all.nl> wrote:
> REPLY TO: D66 at nic.surfnet.nl
>
> De Vice-president Joe Biden brengt de boodschap dus duidelijk over tijdens
> het congress van AIPAC in Washington: een twee-staten oplossing, geen
> woningen in bezette gebieden en vrije toegang voor Palestijnen.
>
> Premier Binyamin Netanyahu brengt via een satelliet verbinding zijn eigen
> boodschap over, en laat zich niet uit over een twee-staten oplossing.
>
> Vandaag brengt President Shimon Peres een bezoek aan President Obama, en
> pas over twee weken is Premier Netanyahu welkom bij Obama (zal wel aan
> agenda-problemen liggen).
>
> Een week later volgt dan het bezoek van President Abbas aan Obama.
>
> Ben benieuwd hoe de situatie aan het eind van de maand zal liggen.
>
> Groet / Cees
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/05/05/world/international-uk-usa-israel.html
>
> May 5, 2009
> U.S. Presses New Israeli Govt to Back Two - State Solution
> By REUTERS
>
> Filed at 11:00 a.m. ET
>
> WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden pressed Israel on
> Tuesday to support a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian
> conflict in a speech to the leading U.S. pro-Israel lobby.
>
> Israel's new right-leaning government under Prime Minister Benjamin
> Netanyahu has so far shied away from publicly supporting Palestinian
> statehood, an omission that has dismayed U.S., Arab and European
> officials.
>
> Biden, speaking to a conference of the American Israel Public Affairs
> Committee (AIPAC), said Palestinians must halt militant violence and
> Israel "has to work for a two-state solution ... not build more
> settlements, dismantle existing outposts and allow Palestinians freedom of
> movement."
>
> Biden's comments came ahead of a meeting between Israeli President Shimon
> Peres and President Barack Obama later on Tuesday and less than two weeks
> before Netanyahu visits the White House.
>
> In a speech to the AIPAC on Monday, Netanyahu said he was ready to begin
> Israeli-Palestinian peace talks immediately but he made no reference to a
> Palestinian state.
>
> Obama has made clear his own commitment to the two-state solution, which
> has been the basis for U.S. policy in the Middle East conflict for years,
> and has nudged Netanyahu to accept the goal of a Palestinian state
> alongside Israel.
>
> http://www.jpost.com
> /servlet/Satellite?cid=1239710864928&pagename=JPArticle%2FShowFull
>
> Netanyahu: Israel ready to resume talks
> May. 5, 2009
> hilary leila krieger, jpost correspondent in washington , THE JERUSALEM POST
>
> Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu Monday night stressed the importance of
> peace, calling for a three-tiered approach to working toward a resolution
> with the Palestinians.
>
> "We want peace with the Arab world. We also want peace with the
> Palestinians," he declared.
>
> At the same time, he insisted that "the Palestinians must recognize Israel
> as a Jewish state," something the Palestinians have rejected.
>
> Still, he told at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee annual
> conference Monday night, "We are prepared to resume peace negotiations
> without any delay, without any preconditions. The sooner the better."
>
> The PM, who addressed the thousands of Congressmen, diplomats and
> pro-Israel activists by satellite from Israel, was speaking ahead of his
> own visit to Washington. Since coming into office, his largely right-wing
> government has struck a different tone from America when it comes the
> Israeli-Palestinian peace process, leading some to conclude that the US
> and Israel are on a collision course on the issue. Notably, Netanyahu has
> declined to publicly support a Palestinian state, a major goal of the
> Obama administration.
>
> In his comments to AIPAC, Netanyahu did not refer to a two-state solution,
> but he called for working on three fronts with the Palestinians:
> political, security and economic.
>
> The first front, he said, would be the resumption of negotiations, while
> the economic plank would constitute trying to improve the situation and
> prosperity of Palestinians on the ground.
>
> On security, he said that he would never compromise Israelis' safety, but
> that he wanted to rush ahead with the work of US General Keith Dayton to
> train Palestinian forces in the West Bank.
>
> He also stated emphatically, "Iran must not be allowed to develop nuclear
> weapons."
>
> Iran is set to be a major topic of Netanyahu's conversations with Obama
> and other top American officials later in the month, as Israel has
> expressed wariness about how long the US might focus on talks with Iran as
> Teheran continues to improve its nuclear capability.
>
> **********
> Dit bericht is verzonden via de informele D66 discussielijst (D66 at nic.surfnet.nl).
> Aanmelden: stuur een email naar LISTSERV at nic.surfnet.nl met in het tekstveld alleen: SUBSCRIBE D66 uwvoornaam uwachternaam
> Afmelden: stuur een email naar LISTSERV at nic.surfnet.nl met in het tekstveld alleen: SIGNOFF D66
> Het on-line archief is te vinden op: http://listserv.surfnet.nl/archives/d66.html
> **********
>

**********
Dit bericht is verzonden via de informele D66 discussielijst (D66 at nic.surfnet.nl).
Aanmelden: stuur een email naar LISTSERV at nic.surfnet.nl met in het tekstveld alleen: SUBSCRIBE D66 uwvoornaam uwachternaam
Afmelden: stuur een email naar LISTSERV at nic.surfnet.nl met in het tekstveld alleen: SIGNOFF D66
Het on-line archief is te vinden op: http://listserv.surfnet.nl/archives/d66.html
**********