Taking a Collective Breath as Netanyahu and Obama Meeting Approaches

The question remains: Will the Obama Administration and the Israeli administration of Benjamin Netanyahu be able to find a way to work together? A large portion of the world holds its collective breath as the first meeting between the two leaders approaches.
To say that Barack Obama has added a sense of vertigo to the Middle East epicenter (a term penned by Joel C. Rosenberg) is an understatement. Leaked from White House operatives over the weekend of May 4th was the US administration's policy of "Expose and Dispose." The long standing, gentleman's agreement of non-disclosure of Israel's possible nuclear arsenal went up in a wisp of smoke with just the hint that Obama wanted to expose Israel's deterrent. Forty years worth of partnership and cooperation suffered an extreme evaporation of trust. In Obama's misguided hunt to bring about a peacefully negotiated settlement with radical Iran, the last true Middle Eastern Allie is having it's face rubbed in the dirt while being told it must not have the right to defend itself. Israel is being stripped of a right that every other nation on earth is allowed to exercise.
On May 18th, Prime Minister Netanyahu will sit down in the White Hose with the President and attempt to salvage some semblance of trust. Whether the gesture works or not remains to be seen. But a few principle differences in positions are clear. First is the ever-present Palestinian issue. Two totally different worldviews are about to clash when it comes to the push for a Palestinian state. Barack Obama, and Hillary Clinton, see the absolute necessity of creating two full states, one Jewish, one Palestinian. Both would have the right of self-defense and self-determination. Palestinians (Arab refugees) would have the ability to migrate to the new Palestinian state only, while Jews would migrate to Israel. Never the two would meet.
Problem: Obama and Clinton seem to be ignorant of the radical Islamic element to the equation. A two-state solution is not what the Arab world seeks. It is looking for a ONE STATE SOLUTION....ARAB! Israel remains the 'Little Satan,' and the Jewish state must be destroyed. To radical, Wahabi Islam, Israel must cease to exist.
Netanyahu sees the Obama/Clinton vision as something fraught with danger. He understands the constant peril of his people. A Palestinian state, with the right to create and maintain its own military, is nothing less than handing a gun to an unarmed thief who is attempting to rob you.
Iran must also be considered. What Obama fails to understand is that Iran, and its puppet Syria, are the force and fire behind militant Palestinians. The President is seeking to extend a hand to an entity that wants to remove America from existence. He cannot, or will not see the apocalyptic bent of Mahmoud Ahmadinijad. To expose Israel's nuclear capacity, and push for a unilateral concession on the part of Israel, just to entice Iran to halt its nuclear ambition is naive at best and foolish at worst. Obama and Clinton are using the Palestinian issue as yet another way to soothe and persuade Iran. It's scope is Carteresque in weakness and diplomatic limp wristedness.
I believe Netanyahu will seek to move toward a Palestinian state that is minus the trappings of a sovereign nation, one that will be denied the right of creating a military. It is also increasingly obvious that he will cordially refuse to comply with Obama's 'Expose and Dispose' policy. Why? As Obama turns further away from the thought of defending the Jewish State, Israel's last true deterrent in stopping Iran is its nuclear arsenal. We must keep that in mind as it becomes clearer that Israel will soon have to deal unilaterally with the Iranian nuclear threat.
The question is: will Obama slow his increasingly anti-Israeli tone after the May 18th meeting? Can trust be built between the two men? If not, what will happen next?
Jimmy Root, Jr
Author: "Distant Thunder" August 2009
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Obama Continues To Dismantle Historic Ties With Israel, To the Detriment of All

If there were any lingering hopes that President Obama would rise above his globalist roots and maintain a strong relationship with America's last true allie int he Middle East, recent developments in the administrations Mid-East policy have dashed them all. Obama is playing the Arab two-step with greater gusto than any President in history. Not only has he begun a systematic reconstruction of the United States of America, he is running rapidly toward Biblical ruin. Is it his Islamic life history, a thumbing of his nose at Democracy, or just plain ignorance in facing a world gone mad? You choose.
Newt Gingrich has his opinion, and I believe he is correct. Read this article from the May 3rd Jerusalem Post...and pray.

Former US House Speaker Newt Gingrich on Sunday blasted the Obama administration for setting itself on a collision course with Israel and endangering the Jewish state.


"They are systematically setting up the most decisive confrontation that we've ever seen," the leading Republican politician told The Jerusalem Post, referring to news reports about the administration's approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

"There's almost an eagerness to take on the Israeli government to make a point with the Arab world," he said, speaking to the Post ahead of his speech before the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's annual conference.

He called US President Barack Obama's program of engagement on Iran a "fantasy," and his Middle East policies "very dangerous for Israel." He summed up Obama's approach as "the clearest adoption of weakness since Jimmy Carter."

Instead, he maintained, the US should be sending the message to Israel that "we are for the survival of Israel" and that "we are not going to tolerate Iran getting nuclear weapons."

He added that creating prosperity among Palestinians was important, and that the US should be helping their leaders grow their society and crowd out Hamas.


The Obama administration has also been trying to support the Fatah party as it shuns Hamas, and is looking to restart the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians in part to accomplish that end. The US government has also been focusing on engaging Iran to try to prevent them from obtaining nuclear weapons, holding out the possibility of more economic sanctions should the diplomatic process fail.

My furhter Comment
Can there be any doubt that we are rushing headlong toward the cataclysmic fulfilment of the Ezeziel 28 & 39 prophecy? Israel will be surrounded by an Russian/Iranian/Arab coalition, and only God will intervene. The nations of the world will finally and completely forsake the Jewish nation. Judgment will follow. The passage in Ezekiel also gives strong indication that, in the immediate aftermath, the gospel of Jesus will resound around the world like never before. Are you ready?