Are Israel's Concerns About A U.S. Imposed Mideast Settlement Justified?

Netanyahu, Obama and Abbas last year.

Israel Fears Obama Heading For Imposed Mideast Settlement -- Haaretz

U.S. President Barack Obama's demands during his meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last Tuesday point to an intention to impose a permanent settlement on Israel and the Palestinians in less than two years, political sources in Jerusalem say.

Israeli officials view the demands that Obama made at the White House as the tip of the iceberg under which lies a dramatic change in U.S. policy toward Israel.

Of 10 demands posed by Obama, four deal with Jerusalem: opening a Palestinian commercial interests office in East Jerusalem, an end to the razing of structures in Palestinian neighborhoods in the capital, stopping construction in Jewish neighborhoods in East Jerusalem, and not building the neighborhood of Ramat Shlomo.

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My Comment: In all my years of studying and following international politics, I have never met a U.S. administration that was as hostile (and independent) towards Israel as this one. But will the US impose a Mideast peace agreement over the objections of one of the core participants .... my take is that if they do it will be a guarantee for failure .... and maybe worse.

But according to many .... this is a debate that many in the administration are now having.