It is about time that we now have US president that cares about the true feelings of the people of Israel and not just the extremists like Bibi Netanyahu and AIPAC. Thank God.
The Big Guy may even snub Bibi,
More details here including the President's decision to be "out of town" when Netanyahu comes to Washington for the AIPAC conference.
According to TPM,
Shimon Shiffer, the Yedioth Achronoth correspondent and one of Israel's top journalists, is reporting today that Rahm Emanuel told a top Jewish organizational figure that President Obama intends to see a Palestinian state created during his first term.
This is the kicker:
"In the next four years there is going to be a permanent status arrangement between Israel and the Palestinians on the basis of two states for two peoples, and it doesn't matter to us at all who is prime minister," Shiffer quotes Emanuel as saying.
Hope this true...
More details here including the President's decision to be "out of town" when Netanyahu comes to Washington for the AIPAC conference.
George Mitchell confirms it to reporters when he stated:
"I reiterated to the foreign minister that U.S. policy favors, with respect to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a two-state solution which will have a Palestinian state living in peace alongside the Jewish state of Israel," envoy George Mitchell told reporters, with Lieberman at his side.
Folks, this is a progressive agenda to the fullest.
Update 01: Further, to show that he means business he will not meet Bibi while Bibi attends the AIPAC meeting
Netanyahu had hoped to capitalize on the opportunity and to meet with Obama during the annual AIPAC conference, but the Americans informed the Israelis that Obama was not going to be 'in town.' That being the case, the inclination among Netanyahu's aides is to cancel his trip to attend the AIPAC conference and to try to secure a date for a meeting with Obama later in May.
"Sources in Washington also said that the Obama administration would not continue the tradition that developed during the Bush administration of hosting Israeli premiers many times during the year, sometimes with just a phone call's advance notice."