Netanyahu won by abandoning principles favoured by European countries, and U.S. Democratic and Republican administrations to negotiate a Palestinian state and to cease continuing settlements on occupied land. So now those agreeing with Netanyahu’s hard shift to the right will do so by allowing this country of 8 million to dictate the policy of Western countries with populations of multi-hundreds of millions. Netanyahu can get away with it because he knows he holds in his hands a large portion of U.S. Congress. If necessary he will only have to speak once again to his U.S. Congress, and his American subjects will follow him to where he wants to take them. Israel will continue to receive billions in American foreign aid and military protection, despite flaunting bilateral American principles. This is not a loss for Obama, it is a loss for Israeli – Arab co-operation and Middle Eastern peace.
Netanyahu won by abandoning principles favoured by European countries, and U.S. Democratic and Republican administrations to negotiate a Palestinian state and to cease continuing settlements on occupied land. So now those agreeing with Netanyahu’s hard shift to the right will do so by allowing this country of 8 million to dictate the policy of Western countries with populations of multi-hundreds of millions. Netanyahu can get away with it because he knows he holds in his hands a large portion of U.S. Congress. If necessary he will only have to speak once again to his U.S. Congress, and his American subjects will follow him to where he wants to take them. Israel will continue to receive billions in American foreign aid and military protection, despite flaunting bilateral American principles. This is not a loss for Obama, it is a loss for Israeli – Arab co-operation and Middle Eastern peace.