Obama's High Commissioner –Caroline Glick
George Mitchell's marching orders from Obama [are] disturbing. Unlike previous presidential envoys who have come to Israel every few weeks and then disappeared when reality proved stronger than their peace fantasies, Obama has ordered Mitchell to cast reality to the seven winds and set up a permanent forward command post in Jerusalem directly subordinate to the White House.
In Obama's view, Israel's fears can be dealt with, and a Middle East peace wrought through a US takeover of Israel's security and its military and intelligence operations. To this end, according to last Friday's Yediot Aharonot, the [US] administration is building an apparatus designed to prevent Israel from exercising independent judgments about its tactical and strategic challenges and deny it the ability to secure its interests without US involvement and consent.
Mitchell has appointed four deputies - all known for their open sympathy for the Palestinians and their hostility to the Netanyahu government...[who] will be permanently stationed in Jerusalem in a large office suite that will house Mitchell's operation.
Each officer will be assigned to coordinate with Israeli counterparts in mirror organizations, including the IDF, the Shin Beit, the Mossad, the police and every other relevant Israeli body. Since there is no polite way for Israel to reject this effective US bid to subvert its capacity to make independent decisions, the most urgent dilemma the Netanyahu government must solve is how to handle Mitchell's new supreme headquarters in Jerusalem.
The [US] administration is building its supreme headquarters in
Jerusalem to enable Mitchell to act like a colonial governor and confront the unruly Jewish natives - not to cut a deal with us.
On Tuesday [Netanyahu] devoted a full four hours of his schedule to talks with Mitchell and his aides. While understandable, Netanyahu's willingness to humor Mitchell is a recipe for disaster. Netanyahu cannot allow Mitchell to tie him or his ministers down for hours in fruitless discussions about Obama's peace fantasies. Bluntly stated, Israel's prime minister has better things to do with his time. Moreover, Netanyahu cannot debase his office by subordinating his schedule to the whims of a mere presidential envoy.
To this end, in his policy speech Sunday, Netanyahu should announce that in the interests of fostering cooperation with the US and advancing prospects for peace, he is appointing a special prime ministerial envoy to Obama's special presidential envoy Mitchell. This envoy should be charged with handling all contacts with Mitchell and his staff and reporting all of their suggestions to Netanyahu for his consideration.
Only by neutralizing Mitchell will Netanyahu [be] free to contend with Iran [and] Israel's national interests…
[Jerusalem Post]
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George Mitchell's marching orders from Obama [are] disturbing. Unlike previous presidential envoys who have come to Israel every few weeks and then disappeared when reality proved stronger than their peace fantasies, Obama has ordered Mitchell to cast reality to the seven winds and set up a permanent forward command post in Jerusalem directly subordinate to the White House.
In Obama's view, Israel's fears can be dealt with, and a Middle East peace wrought through a US takeover of Israel's security and its military and intelligence operations. To this end, according to last Friday's Yediot Aharonot, the [US] administration is building an apparatus designed to prevent Israel from exercising independent judgments about its tactical and strategic challenges and deny it the ability to secure its interests without US involvement and consent.
Mitchell has appointed four deputies - all known for their open sympathy for the Palestinians and their hostility to the Netanyahu government...[who] will be permanently stationed in Jerusalem in a large office suite that will house Mitchell's operation.
Each officer will be assigned to coordinate with Israeli counterparts in mirror organizations, including the IDF, the Shin Beit, the Mossad, the police and every other relevant Israeli body. Since there is no polite way for Israel to reject this effective US bid to subvert its capacity to make independent decisions, the most urgent dilemma the Netanyahu government must solve is how to handle Mitchell's new supreme headquarters in Jerusalem.
The [US] administration is building its supreme headquarters in
Jerusalem to enable Mitchell to act like a colonial governor and confront the unruly Jewish natives - not to cut a deal with us.On Tuesday [Netanyahu] devoted a full four hours of his schedule to talks with Mitchell and his aides. While understandable, Netanyahu's willingness to humor Mitchell is a recipe for disaster. Netanyahu cannot allow Mitchell to tie him or his ministers down for hours in fruitless discussions about Obama's peace fantasies. Bluntly stated, Israel's prime minister has better things to do with his time. Moreover, Netanyahu cannot debase his office by subordinating his schedule to the whims of a mere presidential envoy.
To this end, in his policy speech Sunday, Netanyahu should announce that in the interests of fostering cooperation with the US and advancing prospects for peace, he is appointing a special prime ministerial envoy to Obama's special presidential envoy Mitchell. This envoy should be charged with handling all contacts with Mitchell and his staff and reporting all of their suggestions to Netanyahu for his consideration.
Only by neutralizing Mitchell will Netanyahu [be] free to contend with Iran [and] Israel's national interests…
[Jerusalem Post]
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