Friday, January 18, 2008

Green light for atrocities

Al Ahram 17-23 January 2008

Just weeks after the Annapolis parade, Bush on tour to Israel has given carte blanche to Olmert for whatever level of violence against Palestinians he pleases, writes Saleh Al-Naami


Although the leader of the rightist opposition in Israel, Benyamin Netanyahu, is known for his coldness and disinclination towards praising others, he departed from character when he gave his impression of his meeting with US President George W Bush at dawn last Thursday in Jerusalem. He expressed surprise over Bush's insistence on putting an end to the "threat" represented by the Iranian nuclear programme -- that Israeli strategists say threatens Israel in particular -- as well as Bush's insistence that Israel must strike the Palestinian resistance and "break its back". "I came out of that meeting more reassured towards Bush's determination to end the Iranian threat, and comfortable with his pledge to provide a cover for any military activity Israel might undertake in Gaza. If matters were left to this president, he would not allow any Palestinian terrorist to remain alive," he told Hebrew- language Israeli radio Thursday morning.

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