http://martyrobertsblog.com/WordPress Thoughts about life in Israel and being Jewish in today's complex and exciting world. News and commentary about Israel, the Middle East, Jews, Judaism and the Jewish world; Help and support for Aliyah; Torah, Bible and Koran; Christianity, Islam and Judaism; Arabs, Christians, Jews and terror; Israeli life, culture and politics Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:04:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 () () 1440 No http://martyrobertsblog.com/WordPress 144 144 http://martyrobertsblog.com/WordPress/2010/03/10/with-american-nudging-israelpalestinian-peace-talks-are-set-to-begin-again/ http://martyrobertsblog.com/WordPress/2010/03/10/with-american-nudging-israelpalestinian-peace-talks-are-set-to-begin-again/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:04:08 +0000 Marty Roberts biden biden abc condemning talks announcement obama vice http://martyrobertsblog.com/WordPress/?p=772 What a bunch of phoney-baloney…As former head of Israel’s Mossad Ben-Levy just said on the radio…Obama and the US certainly know that there is not a snowball’s chance in Florida of successful peace talks with the palestinians. They know that the palestinians are not at all serious about making peace with Israel. But Obama has another agenda, which he clearly stated at the beginning of his term. He does NOT want to be perceived as an enemy of Islam and the Moslem countries, which by definition makes friendship with America’s best friend, Israel, problematic. So Obama [...] Related posts:

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