U.S. asks Israel 'in no uncertain terms' to refrain from retaliatory ops
U.S. asks Israel 'in no uncertain terms' to refrain from retaliatory ops
Government sources said theadministration of President Barack Obama has renewed appeals by senior officials for Israel to refrain from massive retaliation to missile and rocket launches from either the Gaza Strip or Lebanon.
The sources said the White House warned Israel that renewed military tension in the Middle East could harm U.S. plans to withdraw from Iraq and expand the NATO stabilization campaign in Afghanistan.
"This message was relayed to Israel in no uncertain terms," a government source said.
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In January 2010, National Security Adviser James Jones reviewed regional threats with Israel and reiterated the administration's warning not to launch any major military operation in the Gaza Strip. The government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been under military pressure to intensify air and ground attacks on the Gaza Strip amid daily Palestinian rocket attacks.
During his visit, Jones sought to gauge Israel's intentions toward the Hamas regime in the Gaza Strip and Hizbullah in Lebanon. The sources said the U.S. security adviser also urged Israel to make concessions to the Palestinian Authority in an effort to renew peace talks.
The Obama administrationhas also been closely monitoring tensions along the Israeli-Lebanese border. The sources said the White House demanded that Israel assure Beirut that a current exercise along the northern border of the Jewish state was not directed against Lebanon.
At the same time, the White House was preparing to accelerate efforts toward Middle East peace between Israel and its Arab neighbors. The sources said Obama has approved a plan in which the United States would issue security guarantees to Israel and any new Palestinian state.
"These things depend on the details and whether they are possible," National Security Council spokesman Michael Hammer told the London-based A-Sharq Al Awsat daily.
The sources said Israeli leaders, particularly Defense Minister Ehud Barak, urged Jones to approve requests for weapons for Israel. Israel has privately complained of the administration's refusal to approve a range of requests for new military platforms and upgrades over the last year.
The White House has also relayed warnings to Israel to halt preparations for an attack on Iran and its nuclear program. The sources said Jones and other senior Obama aides have been concerned that Israel's military preparations would harm U.S. efforts to reconcile with the Teheran regime.
"As the administration sees it, U.S. arms exports to Israel have become dependent on whether this upsets Iran and the Arab world," the source said. "The fear in Washington and Europe is that Israel will do something unilaterally against Iran."
How far you go in life depends on your being: tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of both the weak and strong. Because someday in life you would have been one or all of these. GeorgeWashingtonCarver
Quoting Della529:
Quoting Sweet_Faith:
Maybe Obama should be talking to Hamas, afterall they just love their rockets. Israel has every right to defend themselves just like anyone else!
To defend themselves against what? That vast Palestinian military?
Defend themselves against terrorists like Hamas.
Quoting Sweet_Faith:
Quoting Della529:
Quoting Sweet_Faith:
Maybe Obama should be talking to Hamas, afterall they just love their rockets. Israel has every right to defend themselves just like anyone else!
To defend themselves against what? That vast Palestinian military?
Defend themselves against terrorists like Hamas.
How many lives do the rockets of Hamas claim? And the military strikes of Isreal? How many children does Israel kill?
How far you go in life depends on your being: tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of both the weak and strong. Because someday in life you would have been one or all of these. GeorgeWashingtonCarver
Quoting Sweet_Faith:
Quoting Della529:
Quoting Sweet_Faith:
Maybe Obama should be talking to Hamas, afterall they just love their rockets. Israel has every right to defend themselves just like anyone else!
To defend themselves against what? That vast Palestinian military?
Defend themselves against terrorists like Hamas.
You really do yourself an injustice when you speak based on emotion, religious rhetoric and politcal manipulation. Read, please. http://www.ihr.org/jhr/v04/v04p-43_Hadawi.html
“Every time anyone says that Israel is our only friend in the Middle East, I can’t help but think that before Israel, we had no enemies in the Middle East.”
— John Sheehan, S.J.
Quoting survivorinohio:
Quoting Sweet_Faith:
Quoting Della529:
Quoting Sweet_Faith:
Maybe Obama should be talking to Hamas, afterall they just love their rockets. Israel has every right to defend themselves just like anyone else!
To defend themselves against what? That vast Palestinian military?
Defend themselves against terrorists like Hamas.
How many lives do the rockets of Hamas claim? And the military strikes of Isreal? How many children does Israel kill?
Hamas STARTED shooting off their rockets at Israel, ask them that question. This wouldn't be happening if it weren't for Hamas would it?
I don't care what is asked, I do not see Isreal listening at all.
Quoting Sweet_Faith:
Quoting survivorinohio:
Quoting Sweet_Faith:
Quoting Della529:
Quoting Sweet_Faith:
Maybe Obama should be talking to Hamas, afterall they just love their rockets. Israel has every right to defend themselves just like anyone else!
To defend themselves against what? That vast Palestinian military?
Defend themselves against terrorists like Hamas.
How many lives do the rockets of Hamas claim? And the military strikes of Isreal? How many children does Israel kill?
Hamas STARTED shooting off their rockets at Israel, ask them that question. This wouldn't be happening if it weren't for Hamas would it?
Israel broke the cease fire.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1050460.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/nov/05/israelandthepalestinians
Quoting Sweet_Faith:
Quoting survivorinohio:
Quoting Sweet_Faith:
Quoting Della529:
Quoting Sweet_Faith:
Maybe Obama should be talking to Hamas, afterall they just love their rockets. Israel has every right to defend themselves just like anyone else!
To defend themselves against what? That vast Palestinian military?
Defend themselves against terrorists like Hamas.
How many lives do the rockets of Hamas claim? And the military strikes of Isreal? How many children does Israel kill?
Hamas STARTED shooting off their rockets at Israel, ask them that question. This wouldn't be happening if it weren't for Hamas would it?
Isreal has isolated and devastated Gaza. What would you do if you were Palestinian? As another Poster indicated Israel has broken the cease-fire.
I ask again, look at the numbers of dead, particularly civilian dead. The actions of Israel "in retaliation" are significantly more damaging and deadly that anything Hamas could send over the wall.
How far you go in life depends on your being: tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of both the weak and strong. Because someday in life you would have been one or all of these. GeorgeWashingtonCarver
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- survivorinohio
on Feb. 9, 2010 at 5:25 PM