Israel and U.S. Agree: No Withdrawals Without Missile Defense -Eli Lake
David Makovsky, a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, said he thinks there is an understanding between America and Israel that Israel will not relinquish military positions in the West Bank in the near term.
"I tend to believe there is a genuine understanding between the United States and Israel, given the unresolved situation in Gaza, that the IDF is going to be in charge of security in the West Bank for the foreseeable future. I do not see the United States trying to press Israel to become more vulnerable," he said.
(New York Sun)
Evangelicals Raise $8.5 Million for Israel
-Saul Elbein
Pastor John Hagee, found[er] of Christians United for Israel, hosted 6,000 people at his 26th annual "Night to Honor Israel" at the Cornerstone Church in San Antonio, Texas.
Hagee told the gathering: "America must never pressure Israel to divide Jerusalem. Turning Jerusalem over to the Palestinians is tantamount to giving it to the Taliban."
(Jerusalem Post)
David Makovsky, a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, said he thinks there is an understanding between America and Israel that Israel will not relinquish military positions in the West Bank in the near term.
"I tend to believe there is a genuine understanding between the United States and Israel, given the unresolved situation in Gaza, that the IDF is going to be in charge of security in the West Bank for the foreseeable future. I do not see the United States trying to press Israel to become more vulnerable," he said.
(New York Sun)
Evangelicals Raise $8.5 Million for Israel-Saul Elbein
Pastor John Hagee, found[er] of Christians United for Israel, hosted 6,000 people at his 26th annual "Night to Honor Israel" at the Cornerstone Church in San Antonio, Texas.
Hagee told the gathering: "America must never pressure Israel to divide Jerusalem. Turning Jerusalem over to the Palestinians is tantamount to giving it to the Taliban."
(Jerusalem Post)
1 comment:
I am not sure I believe Makovsky's assessment. He thinks more highly of the rationality of current US mideast policy than I do. As for Hagee, he won't be winning many Muslims to his corner comparing Palestinians with the Taliban, but I agree with his basic assertion that turning over Jerusalem is tantamount to all Jews and Christians losing free, or possibly total, access.
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