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

[Mark Giebels]

REPLY TO: D66 at nic.surfnet.nl

AIPAC wordt nu echt nerveus:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/may/06/us-israel-palestinians-middle-east

Groeten,
Mark Giebels

On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 1:29 PM, Mark Giebels <mark.giebels at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
>>
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