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Tuesday, November 10, 2009

ANALYSIS / Netanyahu is good for the (American) Jews

Ha'aretz - Akiva Eldar
The president surely knows what every traveler in the settlers' land knows - bulldozers are breaking ground for the new neighborhood in Beit Arye, apartment sales have started in Ariel's "university neighborhood" and construction on a new synagogue is to begin shortly in Eli.

Talking about the security of little Israel, surrounded by enemies, is another winning card in the Jewish Diaspora.

...When Netanyahu asks what the president intends to do to save Israel from the nuclear demon, Obama will likely answer: What do you intend to do to save Israel from the binational demon? The Americans understand that if Netanyahu doesn't offer Abbas concrete actions instead of hollow words, the entire Palestinian leadership will go home with him and reiterate the demand made by Martin Luther King Jr., Obama's hero: one man, one vote. Full story
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