Obama’s Dangerous Game with Israel
by Ed Lasky, Pajamas Media, May 9, 2009
The Obama administration is stepping up the pressure on the new Israeli government before a critical meeting between the president and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on May 18.
In the wake of comments made by influential National Security Adviser Jim Jones (the de facto secretary of state, in my opinion) to a European foreign minister that America will take a more “forceful hand” towards Israel than previous administrations, comes a new riposte to show that the State Department refuses to be one-upped by the NSC when it comes to dealing with Israel:
Rose Gottemoeller, assistant secretary of state and America’s chief nuclear arms negotiator, has called on Israel (along with Pakistan, India, and North Korea) to sign the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty (NPT). By including Israel on a list of nations known to either have nuclear weapons or be close to acquiring them (North Korea), Gottemoeller broke with a decades old diplomatic policy of America. Since the late 1960s, America has pursued a policy of not demanding transparency from Israel and, in return, Israel agreed not to test a bomb or declare that it had developed a bomb. This policy was known as “strategic ambiguity.” (Continue Reading this Article)
Published: 05/07/09, 10:38 PM
Expert Discusses Israel, the US, and the NPT
by IsraelNN Staff
(IsraelNN.com) Dr. Ronen Bergman speaks with INN TV about the United States’s request that Israel join the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Bergman, author of “Point of No Return” on Iran’s secret war with the West, says the consequences of signing the NPT could be “horrendous.”
In the video, Dr. Bergman discusses the history of U.S.-Israel understanding regarding nuclear weapons, the chances that Israel will agree to sign the NPT, and what Israel should do now.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/131253
Comment by yamit82 — May 10, 2009 @ 5:54 am
the consequences of signing the NPT could be “horrendous.”
Agree.
Yamit, no way.
I still don’t like the idea of PM Netanyahu going to Washington to meet with Obama.
Why give them the benefit of ganging up on him with one sided demands, especially not favorable to Israel.
Tell the PM to send a note stating pressing problems at home such as removing the Palestinians from Israel.
Don’t call me, I’ll call you.
Israel needs a good PR program to inform the American public the truth.
Comment by rongrand — May 10, 2009 @ 6:47 am
Today we pray for all the Mothers on this their special day.
Happy Mothers Day Moms and G-d/God Bless You.
Comment by rongrand — May 10, 2009 @ 9:30 am