Obama uses Israel's fears over Iran as a bargaining chip

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Obama is taking something of a hardline stance over Israel's occupation of the West Bank:

 

http://www.theage.com.au/world/obamas-stance-worries-israelis-20090417-aa90.html?page=-1

 

Essentially: want help dealing with Iran's fledgling nuclear program? Get out of the West Bank.

 

Rahm Emanuel, whose father was a member of a militant Zionist group, is "laying down the law to Israel"

 

Perhaps Obama can succeed where countless presidents in the past have failed (and Bush didn't even bother to try)

[DrP]

Yea - problem is though, every time they pull out of the west bank, they set up mortar and misile bases and start firing then randomly into Isreal. It's been going on for decades.

[jackson33]

I have tried to learn from several Jew's, just what solution they think would satisfy both the Jewish and Islamic Faiths, if not the people. We must have covered the history of both religions and certainly the Old Testament and the Islamic Brotherhood, with out any potential solution.

 

Logic defies any potential solution IMO, based on the diabolical differences in their interpretation of Earths final days, the basis for each existence.

 

The 12th Imam: Why Is This Especially Important Now?

While Christians look for Jesus’ 2nd coming, the Jews await the Messiah and Muslims await the 12th Imam.

This notion and goal, along with a violent hatred of infidels, America and Israel reminds us of Biblical prophecies of the coming anti-Christ and the pledges of millions to a deceiving False Messiah who will claim to bring peace. Could this 12th Imam Mahdi and his servant Ahmadinejad spark the last days of the coming true Savior?

http://www.allaboutpopularissues.org/12th-imam.htm

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As for diplomacy coming from the US, I really don't think the US could ever have had or will have on any final solution, or that one is even possible. However Emanuel/Obama combined, adding a little Hillary Clinton, Sec. of State are no match for the new Israel Prime Minister Netanyahu and anything resembling a snub is not going to seen good in Israel, nor do I think he (PM) would give up the West Bank.