..and made US unpopular in the rest of the world, and created great uncertainty inside USA. Why should the USA be ruled otherwise than any other Islamic-ruled countries?

the State of Israel has the RIGHT to be, to exist as the sovereign nation-state of the Jewish people, in so many words, and expects any entity that deals with Israel to accept this reality, then and only then will I have any trust in the American White House and the State Department. But, when the present administration, clearly, refuses to stand by this truth and defend it, and at the same time telling us, Jews, only because we are Jewish, to limit our living space under the sun - a racist expectation, anti-Jewish racism at that - and telling us, contrary to the UN Security Council Resolution, 242, 1967 on the basis of which ALL talks to date have been conducted, that Israel ought to retreat to the "1967 borders", one becomes convinced that this administration's interest doesn't match Israel's. And, even worse, Israel can't trust this administration to stand by it when the water becomes rougher....

Only Fourty Percent of Jews are in Israel and it ought be the same For Palestine .Four Million between the Sea and the River in Autonomy with No Fatah Ba'ath Or Islamic Jihadi .They ought Leave ..Hundreds of Millions of Islam and Huge Tracts of Land that is Arab and Islam Exist and Diaspora Palestinians can Live There.

Spot on, the naked truth of an inferior administration. I hope is not the sign of degeneration of USA because how can a society pick a leader like Obama admin, picking cotton with his cronies bare hands and guns trying to cloth the whole world? Let alone in defense and order? 3 elements is involved : 1 skim and conspired to win. 2 general mentality of its citizens degenerated with falsehood and hungry for propaganda instead of using its common sense. 3 Obama voice is beautiful and handsome but lack intellectual capacity to lead a big country and the world at large. Israel must thank God for Bibi. God bless Israel. (end)

of blaming papa America for everything. Ok, time gor you to grow up. if there is another mediator you like, just name it, American will be quite happy to transfer the torch. Id there isn't any mediator, DO something yourself and stop blaming the entire world and its sister. If you dont, son't come crying to papa America to defend you in the UN. GROW UP!

The P.A. are genocidal terrorists and Israel must deal with them as such. End the farcical "peace talks" with the P.A., which bring Israel nothing but evil on an enormous scale.

...the Muslim world along sectarian lines, by splitting Sunni and Shia, through proxy warfare. "A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm" "...is a policy document that was prepared in 1996 by a study group led by Richard Perle for Benjamin Netanyahu, the then Prime Minister of Israel.[1] The report explained a new approach to solving Israel's security problems in the Middle East with an emphasis on "Western values". It has since been criticized for advocating an aggressive new policy including the removal of Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq, and the containment of Syria by engaging in proxy warfare and highlighting their possession of "weapons of mass destruction"." -Wikipedia 1,2,4 not mine.

For decades, the Israeli lobby in Washington has tried to stave off any real pressure. Newsweek has finally started reporting on the massive Israeli spying on the US that has been going on for decades but that the lobby tried to hush down through pressure on Congress members who in turn attacked intelligence officials. The latest round of negotiations is just an example of the US trying to settle the conflict while Israel just spits in its face, even if the US is notoriously biased towards Israel. I agree with Bechor that hopefully the 2SS can now finally die. This turns it into a one state reality and the only question is if it will continue to be an Apartheid state like today or a binational state with full equality. We already know that Bechor will prefer Apartheid. And that's certainly predictable. But what will change is that once the 2SS is dead, the US cannot be seen publicly supporting Apartheid and slowly but surely the "special relationship"(which was always held together more by money than anything else) will die. And it's long past time.

For decades US strategy in the Middle-East was supporting brutal dictatorships in exchange for energy stability and preventing anarchy. When Obama took power he destroyed Syria, Egypt, Libya and Turkey for his aim to surround Israel with a ring of crazed Islamists. Bechor blasts Obama for being "out of touch with reality", but it is Bechor who is ignoring the facts: Obama knowingly sacrificed American interests and the lives of countless innocent Africans and Middle-East Christians to further his aim of destroying Israel.

if it works? And if it works better than a dream-pipe "Peace Agreement", so what?

This is our country, there is more apartheid where you come from than here based on the today realities,it will be a blessing to redefine our relationship withe US. The US shouls realise that our IQ per capita is higher than theirs. Our GDP will soon be at par with top countries. The time for divorce is near,now shut up!!!

Perhaps Newsweek should focus on the spying the U.S. does on it's own people. We spy on everybody and then have a hissy fit when somebody else does it to us. As to Apartheid, that was a product of South Africa. There is NO COMPARISON between South Africa and Israel. You should learn what the word actually means before you throw it around. Your as bad as the idiots that play the race card every time someone doesn't agree with Obama. You have no credibility David. If Apartheid still exists you will be sure to find it in the Muslim world. You won't find it in Israel.

You are totally demented if you think that Israel is an apartheid state.Obama certainly does not think so.You are so full of it that it shows in your Jew hating post.I bet your name is not David but rather some Arab name.

We, US, had a plan last year: establish a base in Krimea. Ukrainians (opposition at that time agreed) to give us the base and disloge the Putins if we will bring them to power. Tukey decided not to help unless Israel pays Turkey. I do not know if he knew about this plan but he agreed to pay Turkey. In fact Turkey did not want to destroy relations with Putins Russia. The plan had to be put into the action during the olimpics in Sochi. Unfortunately, Putin knew, all the way, about the plan from his people in Pentagon and Dept. of State (only 3 people knew al the details). Futher details will follow as they come. "Geogian"

...miss an opportunity for peace. Sadly, the Obama administration is joining the drive to miss opportunities.

My questions . Cant these "world leaders" see what is going on in M E? . Cant they see what a mess US under Obama has helped make in WORLD.? Do they ALSO think that Israel must be destabilised and later disolved to help reverse the mess that Obama Admin has made?

My greatest fear is constantly being proven right time and time again. The US administration is most definitely run by a bunch of morons. I am not of the Jewish faith but I am an American. When will the American people wake up to the reality of things regarding the Middle East. It is easy to blame Israel as can be daily seen in the news and newspapers across the globe. What is wrong in calling Israel a Jewish State? We have a multitude of Arab nations who use the word 'Islamic' as part of their country name. Then we have radical Muslim events like is occurring in Nigeria and yet the world has kept silent on this fact for a while and only recently began printing about it. And of course, Mrs Clinton was not about to call 'Boko Haram' a terrorist group. Where was her thinking? But if one Palestinian is dragged into jail for any format of terrorism, the world press is instantaneously on the story. What a joke.

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That's right. Give the West Bank to Hamas and half of Jerusalem including the Kotel. That way there will be peace. At present you are creating anti-Semitism throughout the world. With peace Israel will not have to be a poor country with subsidized bread and milk but will be more like America able to trade freely with Saudi Arabia and the 20 Arab countries. God bless Israel. Peace.

until Israels GDP is sufficient to support your IDF be nice and humble. As we are just learning you begging papa America to keep your military afloat.. Idiot!!

The US administration is IN touch with reality. The days of existence of the Zionist state of "Israel" are numbered. America is trying to arrange that this disappearance take place with the least possible bloodshed, loss of life, loss of property, and economic disruption. The Zionists would do well to recognize this future reality and cooperate with America. A word to the wise!

Yasser Arafat would have made peace with Israel in 2000 but Israel refused to give up the 'Kotel'. The whole country even the left is messianic.