But according to Israeli sources, "the U.S. can not get any agreement on the Arab normalization with Israel, even in case of Israeli withdrawal from all territories ". "And in this case," the senior official added, "it is unclear how the U.S. could continue to only require that concessions from Israel, such as stopping all Jewish construction in Judea Samaria. " Barack Obama hoped, however, get the King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia that it affects other Arab countries in the direction desired by the White House. For now, the contacts continue between the U.S. Administration and Arab capitals, but none of them wants to give the feeling of "betraying the cause" by engaging in any normalization with Israel. That says it all about their desire for peace, and some say even their desire to see the creation of a Palestinian state!
The Defence Minister Ehud Barak returned from his visit to the United States and his talks with George Mitchell, with some optimism: "We discussed the Israeli-Palestinian issue but also the prospect of a regional peace and normalization with Arab countries. We are not in a deadlock on the issue of construction in Judea and Samaria. We said that we are ready to do something concrete on this point but if we see acts of the same magnitude of the Palestinians and the Arab world in our direction. " But Barak said that any agreement would not affect the construction of 2,000 housing units recently decided by the Israeli government. Obama wanted from the Arab countries a clear timetable leading to normalization with Israel, but at the last meeting of the Islamic Conference in Damascus, Arab countries had been clear: "Let Israel withdraws from First of all territories, and then we will agree to talk about a possible normalization! "...
by Shraga Blum
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