Clinton want support Israel action against Iran without concessions to Palestinians

Washington Post:

Progress on establishing a Palestinian state must go "hand-in-hand" with efforts to stem Iranian influence in the Middle East, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said yesterday, implicitly rejecting the emerging position of the new Israeli government.

Aides to Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said this week that the Israeli government will not move ahead on the core issues of peace talks with the Palestinians until it sees progress in U.S. efforts to stop Iran's suspected pursuit of a nuclear weapon and limit Tehran's rising influence in the region. Netanyahu, who is skeptical of efforts to create a Palestinian state, plans to visit Washington next month; aides said he was preparing to outline his emerging policy to President Obama.

Asked about those comments during an appearance before a panel of the House Appropriations Committee, Clinton said she did not want to "prejudge the Israeli position until we've had face-to-face talks." But she then cautioned that Israel was unlikely to gain support for thwarting Iran unless there were visible efforts to achieve Palestinian statehood.

"For Israel to get the kind of strong support it's looking for vis-a-vis Iran it can't stay on the sideline with respect to the Palestinian and the peace efforts, that they go hand-in-hand," Clinton said.

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This is a policy that makes no sense in the real world which is one where the Palestinians have no interest in a deal with Israel. It will require Israel to jump through hoops for nothing. The fact of the matter is that the Palestinians have nothing of value to offer Israel in any deal. The Palestinian Authority has neither the will or the means to stop attacks on Israel and Hamas want even recognize the state of Israel. Why are we ignoring these realities?

I think it is because many other Middle East rulers think a deal is important. The fact is it is not. The only thing that will come out of intense negotiations is more Palestinian attacks on Israel by those who do not want a deal. That is exactly what happened when President Bush sent his envoy Tony Zinni to Israel to try to restart the peace negotiations. His every trip was met with exploding Palestinians engaging in mass murder of Israelis.

The Clinton-Obama policy will waste Palestinian and Israeli lives and give Iran even more leverage to screw up a potential deal while they develop their genocidal polices toward Israel.

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