The London Times has an interesting take on how the recent furor over building in Gilo signals a relevancy gap for the Israeli Government regarding its relations with the US.
“Netanyahu…is wrongly assuming two things will never happen. The first is that the US will always veto a UN Security Council resolution condemning Israel. Obama is not about to make an historic switch to abstention, but his officials say that it’s no longer taboo…”
“Nor, for now, is the council about to recognise a unilateral declaration of statehood that some Palestinian leaders want to make. But again, not unthinkable.”
It concludes that “Netanyahu should take note of Obama’s warning to Hamid Karzai, sworn in yesterday as Afghan President: that no one should take US support for granted, certainly not leaders who try to make him look impotent. The lesson extends beyond Kabul.”
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