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Obama to Netanyahu: Checkmate

Feb. 8, 2013 8:27am

Dr. Mike D. Evans, a New York Times bestselling author, has for decades served as a key liaison between millions of evangelical Christians and Israel.

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While in Washington, DC, for the America/Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) meeting in early March, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has requested a meeting with President Barack Obama. Mr. Obama checkmated the prime minister by announcing the intention to travel to Israel on March 20 for his first visit as President of the United States.

The reason this is a tactical chess move by Mr. Obama is that the prime minister is still in the process of putting together his own government in the Knesset. In order to achieve this, Mr. Netanyahu must have the support of the center-left parties. The president’s move sends a troublesome signal to those on the far left and weakens the prime minister’s ability to draw them into a workable coalition.

The president’s trip to Israel undermines Netanyahu’s ability to lobby against Mr. Obama’s Middle East policies with AIPAC, the largest Jewish lobby in the US, with the House of Representatives, and through the media. Rather, the president will have the inside track on lobbying.

During his visit to Israel, the president will meet with opposition leaders, potential Left-leaning coalition members, and speak to the Knesset. His message will be one of disapproval of Prime Minister Netanyahu’s political position.

Obama will also meet with Jordanian and Palestinian Authority leaders. It could be payback time for Mr. Netanyahu, who in 2011 was snubbed by the president and was invited to address the House of Representatives to make his case for support of the Jewish state. He was welcomed with open arms and repeated applause.

Mr. Obama will present what he considers to be a new Middle East peace initiative which calls for the division of Jerusalem with East Jerusalem as the capital of a Palestinian State. This will include most of Judea and Samaria. It is highly likely that the president will meet with the Palestinians either in Jericho or Bethlehem. He is dispatching newly-minted Secretary of State John Kerry to do the advance preparation. Kerry will meet in Ramallah with Palestinian leaders to settle details for the president’s visit.

Pressure will be exerted on the Israeli government to halt settlement construction, including that in East Jerusalem. A call for the release of Palestinian prisoners will also be part of the president’s agenda. Each of these moves could undermine the future of Prime Minister Netanyahu’s new government.

When the prime minister travels to Washington, the spotlight is almost always on him, and not on Barack Obama. The reverse will be true when the president visits Jerusalem. The very last thing Mr. Obama desires is for the prime minister to put together a strong, stable coalition. There is little question of his frigid feelings toward Mr. Netanyahu.

Sixty-one coalition partners of the 120 in the Knesset are needed to hold Netanyahu’s government together. The newly-elected members, largely center of left, are aware that Mr. Obama will be in power for the next four years. The prime minister is vulnerable due to doubts that his government will survive for two years. Like a circling predator, the president smells blood in the water; therefore he will have his pack circling in an effort to lobby and empower the opposition to dump Prime Minister Netanyahu overboard in the shark-infested waters.

Having known Benjamin Netanyahu for thirty-four years, and having recommended him to Prime Minister Menachem Begin for his first political appointment, I have seen him overcome numerous storms. This one, however, appears to be the perfect storm that will require help from above.

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Dr. Mike Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author. His latest novel, The Locket, is the riveting story of a young Jewish girl who realizes that her neighbor, Adolf Eichmann, grew up to be the architect of the “final solution.” It documents her struggle to survive the Holocaust and bring Eichmann to justice. For information, visit www.Timeworthybooks.com.

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Comments (10)

crystalsky
Posted on February 11, 2013 at 2:20pm
President will be cursed by GOD if he wants to mess with Israel. You know he gave planes and other stuff guns etc to the arab’s. The other Israel leader went into a coma after giving away gaza strip to the arab’s. Seems like the arab’s still are not happy they want it all or they want to wipe it off the map. But if you bless Israel God will bless you, You curse Israel, God will curse you. He does not lie. There is no where to hide from GOD almighty. Repent to the LORD and turn from your sins.

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buckeyetater
Posted on February 11, 2013 at 8:28am
Once again, he is not my President. I think Bebe should decide to take in a movie on the day and time he is to meet with our dictator.

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media-bias-steals-elections
Posted on February 11, 2013 at 6:35am
Israel has seen this dog and pony show before, big press play up “President going to Israel”, then spends 99% of the trip ignoring Israel and instead caters to foreign governments and his domestic media base?

That strategy has not paid off in the past, neither will it distract Israel from quietly staying on political course for stability, as they know full well that President Obama has a limited attention span on this matter as the roller coaster effects of attempting to keep global currencies stable are much more time consuming and require more attention then anticipated?

Investors think they know which way the economy is heading, because they attempt to keep interest rates, or securities based on the Consumer Price Index, stable in spite of market directions, the problems occur when they become too greedy by failing to account for natural disasters or make it too favorable for losses in the market, as when AIG had problems knowing full well that not only were baby boomers starting to retire all at once, but that mortgage backed securities were going to affect those pay outs?

These “shrewd leaders” made huge commissions, and it is not lost on Americans who want a flat tax and limited government regulation so that the market is not able to “predict” when it goes up or down, they want a stable economy that only grows with population growth, not politician’s manipulations of the market?

Mutually assured destruction of fear?

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tzion
Posted on February 10, 2013 at 11:07pm
I should have realized this. Obama is a manipulator seeking to control the entire world. He has repeatedly meddled in Israel’s policy decisions and he is now about to attempt to bring about a change in political authority in yet another Middle Eastern country. And just like each of his previous schemes, he is once again pursuing one that strengthens radical Islam and weakens the US and Israel.

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Kara_ite
Posted on February 10, 2013 at 6:04am
Don’t mess with YHWH’s chosen people and land, watch out!

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762x51NATO
Posted on February 9, 2013 at 10:41pm
One of the things I have dreaded all my life: That the United States of America would turn it’s back on Israel.

God help us.

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tonypro
Posted on February 9, 2013 at 5:21pm
“” Mr. Obama will present what he considers to be a new Middle East peace initiative “”

Should read “ocommie will present what he considers to be further destruction of Israel initiative.”

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IMCHRISTIAN
Posted on February 9, 2013 at 12:57pm
President Obama can’t get things right for all people (just for the left and those with money given for his campaigns) in the United States but he is running around the World like he knows all that is best for all when he knows as little as can be in diplomacy and likeability (I can imagine what they say behind his back).

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moreteaplease
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 11:46am
Does anyone really think that Obama is doing this as a diplomatic gesture of goodwill and alliance?

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- tonypro
  Posted on February 9, 2013 at 5:18pm
  Yes I believe it, but not for Israel, for the palestinians.
  Since he, and his criminal muslim regime are helping put the mb in charge around the mideast, and building them up with weapons, it’s only appropriate he step across the line, and try to tear down their opposition. Israel.
  
  My vote is for Netanyahu to put barry on the Israeli no fly list, and detain him when he gets there.
  
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