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Netanyahu acquiesces to Trump request to delay settlement talks
Itamar Eichner
Published: 24.09.17, 23:15
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1. "NATURAL DISASTERS"
STEVE ,   JERUSALEM   (09.25.17)
Beginning with Bush Sr., then Clinton, then Bush Jr., then Obama, and now Trump- history has shown that every time the U.S. makes an anti-Israel/pro- Palestinkian decision, it gets hit with some kind of "Natural Disaster". The U.S. has just asked Israel to "postpone" building in the "Settlements". We all know what that REALLY means! Get ready America!!!! Here comes another hurricane, 9/11, or some other catastrophy. Bet on it!!!!!!!!
2. Just gaining time and pushing off...
מאיר כהן ,   Tel Aviv   (09.25.17)
3. Trump promised, Trump walked it back & U-turned away
Israela ,   Israel   (09.25.17)
Remember, Trump and his minion, current USA Ambassador Mr. David Melech Friedman (that's a really special & fine name he's got there) promised that the USA State Department "Lifers" would be put in their place in short order and that:
a. The USA Embassy would move to Jerusalem and
b. West Bank building would be increased
Well here we are, the USA Embassy is still in Tel Aviv, Trump even signed off on the deferment! That is Trump signed a Presidential order that PREVENTS the move of the embassy to Jerusalem!
Well here we are, Trump has ordered Netanyahu, this is the 2nd time now, to reduce building in the West Bank!
Wow! Like I said in the subject line:
Trump promised, Trump walked his promises back and then U-turned away from them.
That's some fine President the American Jewish right wingers elected!
If it weren't so very sad, it might even be funny!
4. Sweet promises are being whispered in Bibi's ears, or WHAT?!
(09.25.17)
5. Let's hope there IS a plan behind our (non)actions. The end
(09.25.17)
of Two State Solution will justify all means.
World is in turmoil and it's only the beginning.
It goes for political as well as climate- phenomena.
I feel that "Balestinians" will soon be an insignificant,
dim memory facing the world....
6. bibi's weakness is evident for alll to see
jonah   (09.25.17)
he says they made me do it. clinton forced me to give up hebron. obamaa forced me to a settlement freeze and to apologize to erdogan. now trump forces me to delay settler expansion. i had to do it;i had no choice.

recall bibi almost gave up the golan. he bought into general allen's sensor plan which was and is garbage.

bibi is just like herzog, 2 weaklings who wanted to unite. with the indictments of his wife and likely bibi, the pressure will be too much and then bloody good riddance to this weakling.

in the end trump will toss israel aside as he cares only about himself. bibi is gullible beyond belief.
7. likud imperative to replace netanyahu
jose   (09.25.17)
netanyahu cannot lead israel to a victory over hezbollah. he cannot make a dent on iran. all he can do is to stop settlement, make speeches which mean nothng, and offer concessions. when obama's people called him chickens**t, they were corrrect but for the wrong reasons. bibi has no courage to do anything daring, to take the offense, to capture hills or towns. all he can do is to build fences, and then make concessions to trump bedause he doesn't want to offend him.

wake up-jews are on our own. we hve the guns and can destroy all around if it comes down to it including the teheran adventurers.

ieberman once said bibi cannot undertake any significant military moves because his whole personality is governed by fear which paralyses action.mandlebilt-hurry up wth the indictments.
8. israeli leaders not as good as the people
arieh   (09.25.17)
israelis emerging from fearful past are getting stronger. they have shown resilience in wars from hezbollah and hamas. their leaders from olmert and peretz, and later bibi and barak let them down badly. on the other hand, perhaps the people deserve such leaders because they vote for them.

it is obvioius that lapid, herzog, livni and bibi are all weak people who offer concessions and run to the usa on everything. we'll see about gabbay but his appointment of herzog tells you something about him-he is also weak.

there is something wrong with the idf that it does not seem to put steel in the bones of its recruits. training has to be tougher and more imaginative.

the best leaders around are bennett, feiglin , saar and barkat by a mile yet the media downplays them at every turn.

you either go with the bielskis and survive, where you have to fight, or you go with the establishment and end up dead. that is the choice israelis will have to mak.

we need to clean house and get new candidates as well. indictments will hopefull see bibi step down and new blood come in.
9. Posters are clever.Where do Submarines and F35s come from?
Alan ,   SA   (09.25.17)
To handle Iran and its friends and other terror states and organisations, Israel needs these types of weapons etc etc AS WELL AS political support from USA and some other countries.It would be nice to do everything posters 1-8 suggest.(I would like/looooove to do exactly what they suggest) However, the reality is different-most unfortunately.. .The whole scenario is one big poker game with high stakes. Just play each hand as it is dealt to Israel.
10. At last - a US president that truly cares about Israel
MadDad ,   Johannesburg   (09.25.17)
Not like his "pro-Israel" predecessor who spoke with forked tongue
11. meshall hit
harv   (09.25.17)
bibi's judgemennt shown to be impuslive went along with a crazy scheme con, octed by mossad then led by halevy, an ineffectual leader. bibi showed himself to be clueless not able to cross examine the plan critically and reject it.

this carries foward to the marmora raid where he was clueless and also the gaza war where he did not confront tunnels on his own but had tobe dragged by bennett. he is not a miilitary man or a security man period, has no clue about it.

he is a great promoter of israel's economic interests for sure. but he is one of weakest most fearful leaders israel has ever had. and this will not change.
12. According to author William Konig who wrote Eye To Eye,there
Rivkah   (09.25.17)
are 127 examples of catastrophic disaster judgments on the USA for pushing Israel to trade land for peace. He connects the recent Cat-4 hurricanes hitting the USA with Jared Kushner negotiating a land for peace deal in the Middle East. Never before have there been two Cat-4 hurricanes hit the USA in the same year until 2017. Stop the negotiations involving land for peace deals in Israel.
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