[UPDATE: FOX says POTUS will see Netanyahu on Tuesday.]
".... Looks to me like the dog's being walked back, veteran Middle East peace negotiator Aaron David Miller writes. "The administration is keeping its powder dry (for now). They will push Bibi hard when it comes to the issue of an agreement — which is a decent strategy," he said. "Unless he has given her a real nothingburger of a response in the call yesterday. Unless they want ...regime change instead of behavior modification, this could be the smartest thing (the live to fight another day strategy) that they've done on this issue."The Israeli media is giving Netanyahu a very hard time over the answers he provided Clinton, an Israeli reader said. "He is taking [Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak [to Washington Sunday] with him to ensure that A) He gets some meetings and B) to possibly avoid a new round of hostilities with the administration. In their [Israeli media] words, he again is all about buying some time for no apparent reason or objective."Meeting in Moscow today, representatives of the Middle East Quartet issued a statement today reiterating that it does not accept Netanyahu's claim to all of Jerusalem. "Recalling that the annexation of East Jerusalem is not recognized by the international community, the Quartet underscores that the status of Jerusalem is a permanent status issue that must be resolved through negotiations between the parties and condemns the decision by the government of Israel to advance planning for new housing units in East Jerusalem."
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