CHANGE?

[wertz]

Three articles in Haaretz indicate the first signs of real change under President Obama: U.S. fends off Israeli pressure, decides to help plan 'Durban 2', U.S. expected to pressure Israel on settlement construction, and Slow Obama stance on Iran nukes worries IsraelThe most promising news is that, if the terrorist Avigdor Lieberman gets a cabinet

Comments

[fridgemagnet]

"Occasionally disagreeing with the Israeli government on minor points" does not a change make. The Obama regime has a freer hand to take action than the Bush regime, I'd say, but it isn't going to do things differently, any more than Clinton did, because it's not in the state's perceived interests.

[wertz]

I'm fairly certain you're right, but one can always hope. To coin a phrase.