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Inkijkje in de macht van de Amerikaanse joodse lobby:

MJ Rosenberg

Senior Foreign Policy Fellow, Media Matters Action Network

Posted: May 30, 2010 11:42 AM

The word from Israel is that Rahm Emanuel invited Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to Washington for a kiss-and-makeup session this week.

Meanwhile, in Washington the word is that Obama will ease the pressure on settlements and the strangulation of Gaza to keep Jewish donors to the Democratic party writing checks for the November election.

I certainly don't know what will happen. However, given that nothing has changed since Bibi's last visit, any love from the administration will be an obvious sign that US policy is dictated by campaign contributions. That would be no big surprise, but horrible nevertheless.

Obama needs to read the United Nations' latest report about how Irael continues to deepen its blockade of Gaza and is now ready to go to war with a humanitarian flotilla heading to Gaza to provide relief.

And then, of course, is General Petreus' warning (speaking for the Pentagon) that Israel's occupation policies endanger US troops. These things matter. Not campaign contributions.

Unless Bibi is announcing a change in policy, a cold shoulder should be all he deserves from us.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mj-rosenberg/obama-no-sucking-up-to-bi_b_594791.html