Israeli Government Crisis May Bring War

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(Free-Press-Release.com) March 12, 2010 -- President Abbas has informed the Arab League that he will not begin the proposed indirect peace talks, until Israel agrees to a full construction halt of Jewish settler homes in Jerusalem. He is also demanding US pressure on Netanyahu to bring this halt about.

The indirect talks had been agreed; and US Vice President Biden had arrived in Israel to begin the talks; which were sabotaged by the announcement of the construction of 1,600 new housing units for Orthodox Jews in East Jerusalem.

It could still take months for the final approval and construction to begin. This completely unnecessary annoucement was made against the direct instructions of the Prime Minister showing the government to be weak and divided. The Shas party has scuppered the talks and Deputy Foreign Minister Ayalon has laid down the Right Wing position by announcing that there will be no construction halt in East Jerusalem and that there will be no more concessions for peace.

Netanyahu is furious and so is the United States and the rest of the world. The Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak is demanding that Netanyahu simply order a freeze on this new announcement; so that the peace talks can begin.

Netanyahu is now caught between a rock and a very hard place. If he does nothing; it will expose the present Israeli government in the eyes of the whole world as the ones who do not want peace [the majority of Israelis do] and incur the anger of Barak's Labor party. If he does order a halt to East Jerusalem construction, until borders can be settled by the peace talks; the extreme Right parties may bolt from the government.

Biden has now summoned Netanyahu to a Washington meeting in ten days [Netanyahu will be there for an AIPAC meeting]. Will Washington lay down the law to Netanyahu? If so they will have the Palestinians and the whole world behind them. Will Netanyahu be forced to freeze the announced construction in East Jerusalem? Will the Right Wing leave the coalition; bringing down the government?

IF these things happen; the government will remain in a caretaker status until a new government can be formed. Will these extremists, seeing their time has run out; decide to invade Gaza and overthrow Hamas before a new government takes over?

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