As Obama and the lefties failed to press Netanyahu with all the amount of pressure they could to freeze settlements, and make confessions even before the Palestinian leadership agrees to meet for Peace negotiations, they move forward with a new plan and tactic - to use Obama's rhetoric that he uses time and time to gain popularity, and convince him to come to Israel, speak to the Israeli public directly, override their Leaders and convince them that his policy serves Israel's best interest..and it looks like he is going to accept it as he expressed in his meeting with the Jewish leaders this week: guys we are going to israel.
Here is a editorial from Haaretz:
Since his election, U.S. President Barack Obama has reiterated his commitment to Israel's security and to advancing peace and normalization between Israel and its Arab neighbors.
During his six months in office, Obama has asked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to accept the idea of a Palestinian state and to freeze construction in the settlements. In exchange, he promised to ask the Arab states to take steps toward a normalization of relations with Israel, such as opening diplomatic representations and flight routes. Netanyahu adopted the two-state solution, albeit while specifying certain conditions, but he continues to refuse to stop development in the settlements.
In "closed" talks with associates and foreign visitors, Netanyahu has blasted Obama, asserting that the president's pressure on Israel is aimed at placating the Arabs at Israel's expense. Netanyahu united Israel's political establishment behind him to support his refusal to halt construction in the settlements, and his position has found public support.
Now the U.S. administration must convince the Israeli public that it has a friend in the White House, and that the administration's positions correspond with Israel's national interests.After talking to the Arabs, the Muslims and the Iranians, in speeches and on television, it is only right that Obama address the Israeli public and persuade the people to support reviving the peace process with the Palestinians and Syrians and halting the destructive settlement enterprise in the West Bank.
