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Netanyahu to meet Obama in Washington
Roni Sofer
Published: 19.03.10, 16:25
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1. Natanyahu
Eyal ,   USA   (03.19.10)
If you cave like a puppet, you will break up you coalition and lose the next elections, sorry but that's reality. Don't be an idiot, just do what you and the rest of the country believe in. Build and build wherever u like, it's your country and the US can't do anything about it. Obama lost all credibility here in the US, so don't worry about what they say. I would say, if we can't build in Jerusalem, than the 2 state solution is finished.
2. Fox is reporting there won't be change in building
jason ,   haifa israel   (03.19.10)
This project wasn't going to get off the ground for years anyway and that is the only thing that was said but there isn't going to be an offer to change the jerusalem building fox reported. The slow down isn't a slow down because this specific project wasn't going to start for years and that is still the case.
3. Let us hope Obama will apologize for the humiliation he has
Jehudah Ben-Israel ,   Qatzrin, Israel   (03.19.10)
attempted to bestow upon Israel's prime minister for more than a year and in the process the humiliation he has attempted to inflict upon Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people as a whole and those of us who reside in Zion=Jerusalem and beyond. Let us hope Obama will express regret and then atone for the fire he set in the region, in the process of which hundreds of people were physically hurt, stones were thrown on Jewish worshipers, fire bombs hit Jewish owned vehicles and a police officer was shot and hospitalized. And mostly, I hope Obama will send his condolences to the family of the Thai farm worker who was murdered by a Qassam rocket launched upon hearing the green light coming from Obama and Clinton that it is time to attack Israel and its democratically elected government and in turn its Jewish population. Yet, I don't hold my breath to hear such words from Barake Hussein Obama...
4. Will Netanyahu go in the front door this time?
Raymond in DC ,   Washington, USA   (03.19.10)
Bibi must be a glutton for punishment. The meeting will be an opportunity for Obama to get in his face, to make sure he understands who's boss. Not much good can come of this unless Bibi is prepared to remind him that Israel has rights and interests too, and that Obama is damaging prospects for peace by encouraging Arab intransigence.
5. #2 Jason. It's time to end the racist settlement freeze.
Chaim ,   Israel   (03.19.10)
Jason, you're saying that even if Bibi offers Obama a slowdown in building in Jerusalem, it means nothing because the building will be completed on schedule. However, the optics are disgusting. Once again Bibi will have folded before Obama. Once again, Bibi will have compromised Jewish rights in our Eternal Capital. INTOLERABLE. Bibi has no right to offer Obama a slowdown. It's time to end the racist settlement freeze once and for all.
6. President Obama: Please listen. The breaking of the notable
Rivkah   (03.19.10)
horn of Daniel chapter 8 was not Alexander the Great since Greece was not a nation from the ends of the earth and Alexander did not have airplanes (touches not the ground). The notable horn of Daniel is the USA! After the Grecian (Gentile) he-goat (UN) with a notable horn (USA) subdues the ram with two horns (Media-Persia or Iraq-Iran), the notable horn will break into four nations. I believe the judgment is not from subduing Iran but from forcing Israel to divide Jerusalem. Joel the Prophet said the dividing of God's land (Jerusalem and Israel) leads to Armageddon. The Palestinians need to be dispersed to Muslim nations around the world to difuse the terrible timebomb that will end Gentile world rule, otherwise. I am glad the Jewish Messiah will come to protect Israel and set up His kingdom, but that means you will be out of a job unless you are kind to the Jews. Zechariah the Prophet said the Jewish Messiah is coming to judge the nations for how they treated the Jews! If you want to hold onto a throne (leadership position) in the Millenial Kingdom, do not oppress Israel or Mr. Netanyahu or the Jews in America.
7. Btwn Barack, hardspot, we're all Jews now
Sue ,   Los Angeles   (03.19.10)
Like David vs Goliath, Bibi is in the difficult position of defending little Israel from Barack Obama. Every Jew, regardless of political party, must support Netanyahu now for the sake of Israel's security.
8. bibi = olmert
jason white ,   afula,israel   (03.19.10)
Just another wimp with a comb over. We need a person with guts to be the P.M. Someone who will tell the jihadist that were are not his servants,we do not take orders from the enemy. We need to start building Ramat Shlomo now and call it, "Nobama City".
9. No! to peace at any price.
Ron B. ,   Lod   (03.19.10)
To cry peace, peace, when there is no peace, as the Jewish prophet, Jeremiah, taught us long ago, is not an expression of hope but a foolish and dangerous abrogation of reality. It dulls the mind and the aspiration of a people who then become lost and blinded under a veritable veil of deception. Peace is impossible for a nation like Israel without its own demonstration of unassailable military strength and its utter rejection of concessions to an implacable enemy. The Arab world respects strength. It treats concessions with complete and utter scorn. It considers overtures of peace as a sign of weakness and becomes emboldened in its aggression. No! to concessions : http://xrl.us/biz8x
10. the booboo has been wobbly thus far
max   (03.19.10)
and no doubt will continue to wobble
11. If Israel wants to build on Palestinian lands
Adam ,   Canada   (03.19.10)
If Israel wants to build on Palestinian lands across the Green Line, then the Palestinians should be permitted to cross into Israel and build homes there as well. Fair is fair. Of course this means no more 2-state solution.
12. If Obama were really smart.....
Jaacov Baumann   (03.19.10)
----he would check the scriptures and find out that all those in history who tried to play games with Israel failed miserably ! Tragical for the USA !
13. فلسطين is Obama
Hank ,   NYC   (03.19.10)
We've survived many empires The ancient Greeks, Romans, Persians etc. Many great empires have come and gone. The Jews have always been in Israel and Jerusalem has been our capital. When the USA is long forgotten we'll still be in our homeland!
14. WHY????
Dan ,   USA   (03.19.10)
I would not meet with Obama. I would ignore him and blow him off. Then he will come back and bow and scrape before Bibi as a show of respect. These idiots only respect those who show them contempt.
15. Obama a big fool - his fall will be big too !
Jaacov Baumann   (03.19.10)
US nation blind - led by a foolish government ! Their fall is imminent and will be big !
16. obamer boy is wobbly
merk   (03.19.10)
apparently abamer boy is throwing in the towel and going to ask bibi to forgive him. bibi should ask that top ten people screwing the u.s. and israel including oboomer resign and leave for haiti. they will fit in without anyone noticing. the lighter colored ones can use paint.
17. Bibi has to take example from the Arabs:
Vardina   (03.19.10)
Promise everything and do just what you like.
18. meet
colin   (03.19.10)
Bibi to meet the anti semite anti Israeli islamic president of the USA All say Hoorah!!!!!!! Will Bibi pull down his pants again?? Will he continue showing the cowardly yellow streek??Will Bibi Give the islamic demands and consessions???Will Bibi be a groveling wimp again???? When will BIBI be as his brother Johnatan was PROUD OF ISRAEL ??? When will Bibi tell the truth as Avigdor Lieberman does telling the USA the EU the UN rhe quatet to go get stuffed??????
19. the same old "used car salesman"
Michael ,   Haifa   (03.19.10)
Netayahu "offer(s) to slow down Jewish housing projects in areas beyond Green Line".....If Obama buys this line and agrees to meet Netanyahu, then the world is truly in a deep mess
20. Obama shouldn't see him let him deal with Clinton
lydia ,   Brisbane   (03.20.10)
Olmert used to go above Condi's head, let Netanyahu try the same thing with Clinton and see if Obama will support him. The Rules of War says Israel can't acquire territories through war and. Israel is still colonizing land outside the sovereign borders of its 'jewish state.'
21. Make him wait 90 minutes
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (03.20.10)
Israel is not a vassal state.
22. You must play hardball with a Bully
Craig ,   L.A., USA   (03.20.10)
Netanyahu needs to stand up to Obama...he is a weak leader with diminishing credibility, and a quickly eroding support base in America. Netanyahu must make it clear that Jerusalem is for Israel, and he will do what is best for Israel...including build apartments anywhere he damn well deems appropriate. Obama can't afford a breach with Israel...too many 'loyal' Democrats will turn on him; he is just a bully. Appeasement is a dangerous road.
23. to 4
sahara ,   jerusalem   (03.20.10)
sure he would never fell from the sky and if he would the white house would have no cielling and i think its cielling is started to be ruined but sure no one will fall from the sky no one it is not yet but many ciellings will be ruined first it will be in america then in israil ..but here in jerusalem the last will be remained is the one over my head it is protected by the god
24. to 8
sahara ,   jerusalem   (03.20.10)
yes netenyaho = olmert = sharon -nobama =??????sure as it is no OBAMA we can not aske obam what he will equall so return to sharon and aske him to tell what he would be equall .....
25. to 17
sahara ,   jerusalem   (03.20.10)
and he will be like abu mazen la sama7 allah
26. to 18
saharra ,   jerusalem   (03.20.10)
islam say evry one is HOORR it means free .obama is free to do and you are free to do and osama is free also
27. to michael hyfa
sahara ,   jerusalem   (03.20.10)
it will be mess only not deep when it will be deep it will be there under the earth
28. There will be no two-state solution, Adam,
Robert Haymond ,   Ashdod, Israel   (03.20.10)
until a functioning infra-structure and incorruptible government gets ready to lead the Palestinian people. Right now, the people themselves do not want this as their economic viability will decrease, their freedoms will decrease while an Islamic state under Hamas will ease into power. This state of affairs would trouble the ordinary Palestinian as well as the State of Israel.
29. Bibi in America
Marty ,   USA   (03.20.10)
Every time Bibi speakes in the USA he comes across very well. He actually comes across as a much more polished leader than Obama. I do not think Bibi is worried about the next elections, as he'll probably be ready to retire after another four years anyway. He should do whatever he believes is right-and forget about American pressure from Obama.
30. After the Canadians and Australians...
David ,   Rhode Island   (03.20.10)
After the Canadians and Australians stole the land from their indigenous peoples they changed the rules so nobody else could do it. That's not to say Israel is doing it, because it wasn't Jordan's land to begin with and there isn't anybody living on it.
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