Netanyahu clashed with Obama in meeting; Israeli aide calls focus on 2 states "childish, stupid"

Netanyahu Clashed With Obama, Congress On Trip
AP/The Huffington Post

JERUSALEM — Media focus on the idea of a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict, favored by President Barack Obama, is "childish and stupid," said an aide to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Wednesday.

The aide's statement reflected efforts by Netanyahu to deflect attention away from the issue during his just-completed trip to Washington. The Prime Minister clashed with both Obama and members of Congress in his attempts to avoid discussing the peace process in favor of Iran.

President Barack Obama made it clear that the U.S. backs creation of a Palestinian state, but Netanyahu has not endorsed the concept.

During his trip to Washington, Netanyahu constantly tried to shift emphasis from Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking toward the threat posed by Iran's nuclear program. He and Obama publicly disagreed about the relative weight of the two issues. Netanyahu argued that reining in Iran would spur peace efforts, while Obama felt that progress toward peace between Israel and the Palestinians would undermine extremist elements, including Iran.

In a brief statement at Israel's airport on his return, Netanyahu again began with Iran, mentioning the Palestinian issue as third on his list.

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You're so part of the problem.

how did israel get to be a 'country'
by taking from british palestine
so there needs to be a little giving on israel's part also

to suit their hate filled agendas.

Israel's Yedioth Achronoth reported that Netanyahu was similarly at odds with legislators.

"A senior Israeli official who was present at the meetings defined them as 'a fight' and 'mutual arm-wrestling,' with Netanyahu trying to put an emphasis on the Iranian issue, and the members of Congress insisting on returning to the issue of the settlements. The senior official emphasized that there was full coordination between President Obama and the members of the Democratic majority in Congress. Netanyahu discovered yesterday how much Congress had changed, the senior official said. In 1996, Netanyahu recruited the Republican majority that existed in Congress against Clinton, the Democratic president. Today, this is impossible."

M.J. Rosenberg of the Israel Policy Forum wrote that it was "the first time in memory" that "an Israeli prime minister went up to the Hill only to be bombarded with criticism."

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*waits for someone to tell me how it's somehow just not good enough*

Don't think we are falling for that one again.

Iran would have no moral ground to object or threaten Israel from.

Like they did in South Africa.

and it's only gotten worse with every year..

The "arab" contingent was going NOWHERE.. they have always lived "there"..SOME jewish people had always lived there, but when the UN decided (in the late 40's) to make a JEWISH (RELIGIOUS) state, they sealed their own fate.. Minus the forced neutering of all childbearing-age "arabs", there would be NO way they could maintain a majority..and calling themselves a "democracy" meant that they would HAVE to deny voting rights to a group who would soon outnumber (and out-vote) them..

Faced with that dilemma, they had two choices..

make peace and give back land to the people who were ousted in the creation of "their state", or make war.. they chose war..

For that matter, nearly every Israeli prime minister since Shimon Peres is childish & stupid. Face it, everyone but Bibi Netanyahu is childish & stupid.

"I think it's childish for the media to hype this story up." :)

The Iran/Israel conflict can't be separated from the Israel/Palestine conflict. Israel needs to come to terms with Iran if there is going to be any successful two state solution and but it also has to be willing to allow for a two state solution in order to come to terms with Iran.

I do not, however, agree with Mr. Netanyahu's Aide.

ok, so no two state solution, Israel just has to give back all that land the illegally annexed from Palestine.