Photo: White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel. Photo: APFrom The Jerusalem Post:
Thwarting Iran's nuclear program is conditional on progress in peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, according to White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel.
Israeli TV reports said Monday that Emanuel made the comments in a closed-door meeting the previous day with 300 major AIPAC donors.
Last month, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned Israel that it risks losing Arab support for combating threats from Iran if it rejects peace negotiations with the Palestinians.
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My Comment: The message to Israel is very clear .... commit suicide or be killed. President Obama is taking a very hard line approach towards Israel .... of which I am sure the consequences will be both damaging to Israel and to the (very few) moderate elements in the Middle East.
The winners from this will be Hamas/Hezbolah/and Iran .... and any forced negotiation from the U.S. will only embolden these radical elements to demand more.
No surprise .... Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is silent.
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