A best-selling author and former political consultant to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu believes the U.S. and Israel are headed for a diplomatic train wreck over the alleged "peace process" with the Palestinians.
The Associated Press has reported that, under pressure from the United States, Israel is reducing its security presence in four West Bank towns. Israeli and Palestinian defense officials say Israel is granting U.S.-trained Palestinian security forces greater autonomy in the four towns. The ability of Palestinian security forces to maintain law and order is key to Mideast peacemaking because Israel needs to be convinced that a future Palestinian state will not threaten its security. Joel Rosenberg is the author of Inside the Revolution: How the Followers of Jihad, Jefferson, and Jesus are Battling to Dominate the Middle East and Transform the World. He thinks the Israelis have already made too many concessions. "I see a diplomatic train wreck coming between the United States and Israel over this so-called 'peace process' and Washington's insistence on essentially forcing Israel to make territorial concessions," he notes. Most Israelis do not trust Barack Obama, according to Rosenberg. "Only 34 percent of Israelis see President Obama as a friend, as an ally; whereas more than 85 percent saw President Bush as a friend and ally," Rosenberg points out. "There are deep concerns in Israel about where President Obama is taking the U.S.-Israel relationship." Rosenberg says many Americans, including himself, share those concerns.
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