President Barack Obama still believes in Palestinian statehood — even if Netanyahu no longer does.

[kpete]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration admonished Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's political party on Wednesday, accusing it of using anti-Arab rhetoric ahead of Israel's election. A spokesman said President Barack Obama still believes in Palestinian statehood — even if Netanyahu no longer does.

In its first public response to Netanyahu's triumph in the election, the spokesman said the White House was "deeply concerned" about divisive language emanating from Netanyahu's Likud Party. White House press secretary Josh Earnest said the party had sought to marginalize Israel's minority Arab community, an apparent reference to social media posts the Likud distributed that warned Israelis about the danger of high turnout by Arab voters.


"These are views the administration intends to convey directly to the Israelis," Earnest said.

And while Earnest said Obama would be calling Netanyahu to congratulate him on his victory, he acknowledged the U.S. would have to re-evaluate the best way to bring about a two-state resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict — a cornerstone of U.S. Mideast policy for years. In a veer to the right just before the election, ***Netanyahu reversed his former position and said he now opposes the creation of a separate Palestinian state.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/18/netanyahu-likud-party_n_6895340.html
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/03/bibi-deploys-the-southern-strategy/388096/
***LIAR: http://www.jpost.com/Diplomacy-and-Politics/Text-of-PM-Binyamin-Netanyahus-speech-to-the-US-Congress
http://www.haaretz.com/news/israel-election-2015/1.647212

[leveymg]

1. "Concern" is nice. But, when is the US going to recognize full statehood for Palestine at the UN?

How about it? That might send an unmistakable signal to Bibi.

[geek tragedy]

2. the only route for a Palestinian state goes through the UN and international pressure,

including boycotts, divestments, and sanctions.

Israel does not understand the language of justice, law, or human rights.

[ann---]

3. That's good until next year

if a GOP is elected president and we have a GOP Congress, you can be
Nuttyahoo will go wild and the Palestinian bloodshed will be terrible to watch.

Then the U.S. will go to war with Iran for Israel - because the GOP does their
bidding. It is sickening.