President Obama just offered Israel a squadron of the latest US jet fighters in return for a freeze on settlement building (stealing further Palestinian land) in the West Bank for three months (East Jerusalem? That’s okay).
Richard Silverstein (of Takun Olam) did the math:
America is used to buying its way to quasi-peace in Iraq and Afghanistan and appears to be doing something similar by buying Israel’s acquiescence in a 90-day, partial settlement freeze. The going price: $33.33-million a day for the entire 90 day process [thanks readers, for correcting my math!]. Now, we know what Hillary and Bibi were doing in that New York hotel suite for seven hours earlier this week. It wasn’t canoodling! But she was virtually giving away the store.
(LINK to the full article above.)
Netanyahu is no doubt laughing all the way to the bank. After stalling the peace process for two years, he will do three months standing on his head, at further US taxpayer expense.
