"Israel Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon sent this note out on Twitter earlier today:
".... Hopes the rumored settlement freeze is just a rumor, because it hasn't gone through appropriate forums...."This is the best news I've heard in a while. Ayalon's plea may mean that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may be using his skills as a crafty political executive to sidestep some of his more bureaucratic and recalcitrant allies in cooking up a deal with George Mitchell and Barack Obama on settlements.
There are -- as Ayalon indicates -- lots of rumors bubbling out of the region that George Mitchell's team will soon announce a plan to launch negotiations toward a two state solution with a number of key confidence building measures tucked into the first phase.
If Ayalon is in the dark -- which he may be faking -- this is pretty good news as it means Netanyahu doesn't want a bunch of different opinionated Israeli chefs in his kitchen...."
"'America is something that can be easily moved. Moved to the right direction.They won’t get in our way'" Benjamin Netanyahu
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Netanyahu sidesteping some of his allies in cooking up a 'deal' with Obama?
Steve Clemons at TWN, here
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