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Netanyahu to Obama: Sorry We Offended You, But We’re Not Going to Stop

By | 03.15.10 | 4:44 pm

So the insult stands, apparently:

In the face of sharp American disapproval of an Israeli plan for an East Jerusalem building project, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu firmly rejected Monday any curbs on new Jewish settlements in and around Jerusalem.

Meanwhile, demonstrating the firm commitment to diplomacy that has More…

Israeli Foreign Minister Straight-Up Insults Obama Envoy

By | 11.05.09 | 2:26 pm

Buried within Joe Klein’s new Time profile (great first line, by the way) of Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton:

The Israelis have been difficult, as always: whenever [Special Envoy George] Mitchell raises East Jerusalem in talks with the Israeli Foreign Minister, the Israeli stands up and walks out

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‘Demographic Balance’

By | 06.18.09 | 10:01 am

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman met with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday and reiterated his opposition to a settlement freeze. “We cannot accept this vision about absolutely completely freezing call for our settlements,” Lieberman said during a joint presser. But he also had a formulation that I More…

Or, In Other Words, ‘Get Used To It, Bibi’

By | 04.13.09 | 10:54 am

President Obama’s Israel/Palestine envoy, George Mitchell, is heading back to the Mideast. Why?

State Department spokesman Robert Wood said the purpose of Mr. Mitchell’s trip is “to advance the goal of the two-state solution and comprehensive peace in the region,” and that he would be discussing “next steps” toward

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