Love of the Land: [Democracy innaction] What the J Street NYT Ad doesn't say

[Democracy innaction] What the J Street NYT Ad doesn't say

Dr. Aaron Lerner
IMRA
22 March '10

Here is the score:

Last year Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu made a major policy speach in which he spoke of a two state solution. And instead of putting him to the test as to what he meant by this the Arabs decided that there was no rush to enter negotiations.

They did this because the Obama team, encouraged by folks like J Street, were so busy salivating over the possiblity of deposing Netayahu and enjoying the sheer pleasure of trying to screw him against the wall that actually engaging in negotiations was of secondary or even tertiary importance. So we had demands on Israel as preconditions for talks that we never had before.

J Street plunks down money for an ad in The New York Times (see below)

They warn that "time is running out". But they don't call on the parties to cut to the chase and enter direct talks.

In fact, J Street doesn't want negotiations at all.

They want an American imposed "solution,"

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Love of the Land: [Democracy innaction] What the J Street NYT Ad doesn't say

Love of the Land: Background: How Obama team attacks liberated Netanyahu

Background: How Obama team attacks liberated Netanyahu

Dr. Aaron Lerner
IMRA
15 March '10

At the start of the Ramat Shlomo incident Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu had to carefully and painstakingly weigh his moves as he attempted to placate Washington without causing a crisis in his own party and the ruling coalition.

This all changed when, over the course of the weekend, it became clear that the Obama team had decided to exploit the Ramat Shlomo incident to try and oust Netanyahu by forcing him to take actions that they themselves expected would ultimately break up his ruling coalition.

This simplified matters considerably.

Fine tuning was no longer relevant.

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Love of the Land: Background: How Obama team attacks liberated Netanyahu