Rahm Emanuel invites Netanyahu to discuss 'shared security interests' with Obama

The Obama Administration did not change any of its substantive positions which favor the Palestinians. It is a PR exercise before November.

Shared Security interest is the word. Israel's security and the USA security are not the same. Netanyahu better understand that. And yes the USA can pressure Israel faster than it can Iran. All this bravado from Israel is nothing other than veneer. If push comes to shove, Israel would be shoved. Netanyahu better capitalize on the situation while he can. He is irritating everybody in the West in the East., and he is putting Israel at risk.

Kol Hakavod to the Senate and Congress of America!

I believe that the Israeli PM should not keep running to the white house. An invitation to Obama to break down and visit Israel would be more in order.

Obama is the most incompetent president the US ever had. Israel should not be forced into a BS agreeement that helps the arab terrorists. The arabs have a country called jordan. Separation with the arab people should be the answer, they can never, never be trusted.

i wish both leaders success in thier persuit of peace in the mideast.

If Bibi doesn't like the way we treated him, he can refuse to take our money and tell us not to support him in the UN any more.

"Israeli officials say implied offer of talks on Iran is U.S. attempt to eclipse memories of PM's previous White House visit, seen by Israelis as a snub." - Haaretz That statement is a good measure of just how out of touch with the USA Bibi's gang has become. Emanuel is the White House Chief of Staff. A Jew. A man who volunteered to do vehicle maintenance for the IDF during the tense days of the Gulf War in 1991. What insanity to see Rham Emanuel being sent to try and improve relations between the USA and the Netanyahu government? You folks would be wise to have Bibi and Avigdor committed before they do serious harm to Israel.

The Times announced general David Petraeus has ordered a "top secret" thing: Sending fleshy, rosy thickly-American accented "agents" into Iran. Get Smart. These "common interests" will be shared with Netanyahu apparently. It would be cheaper for Bibi to sit in Jerusalem and read The Times. Another attempt at "chemistry" with Obama is a lost case anyway.

Bibi must stay his points concisely as I am sure he will to Pres. Obama. These points are no to a Palestinian state, no to Palestinian refugees, Jerusalem is Israel's undivided capital, Hizbollah/Hamas/PLO must be destroyed, must be destroyed for any chance of peace to exist, Iran must be attacked and disarmed, Jordan and Egypt must take responsibility for the refugees in Gaza and Judea and Samaria and give them back their rightful citizenship and explain to Syria that the Golan is Israel and that if Syria does not stop it's hostilities they will risk, also being attacked, more money of course, more weapons, and if Obama really wants to help peace Obama would stop the dependence on Arab oil which funds the global jihad.

Obama will need the delicate touch of heart surgeon in balancing and appeasing the interest of both parties. He is in an impossible lose lose situation and while there might be a few votes in making the right noises prior to the congressional elections. In the end he to satisfy Bibi he will have to place himself at the right or centre of right wing coalition a position which is a kiss of death to any agreement with the Palestinians. To neutrals like myself its almost amusing watching this delicate dance. How I wish I had the artistic skill to sketch a good cartoon this would have been the perfect subjects!

atmosphere seems to emanate from this photo, contrary to the press reports of that time.

Which Netanyahu will be going?

Right now he's got OIL all over his face They still haven't capped the broken oil well, oil is ruining beaches in the Gulf of Mexico, and people fear that it's going to head north to N.Y. and beyond

If Obama is interested in improving damaged relationships with Jewish community and Congress, he needs to change his position of dividing Jerusalem and stop pressing Israel on construction freeze. He also needs to stop talking and start real action on Iran Photos with Netanyahoo won't help.

Let Obama and his arab buddies twist in the wind.

How many countries do the Palestinians need? Jews have only ONE country : Israel.

Perhaps Obama should visit the PM and , while he is there he could bow and apologize ! If he did it for the Saudi King and the Japanese he can do it for Israel. This, however, will not get the Jewish vote back in time for Nov. elections . That much is transparent. Perhaps this is the kind of 'transparency' Obama promised ?

half later and so many insults to Israel, why bother? Obama's a goner in 2012. Too little, too late, as the saying goes. Israel, don't trust this snake.

What does Obama have in his mind is how to survive electorally for an additional 4 years. What Israel has in his mind is how to SURVIVE, point.

Will this visit only be a photo opp, or will there be substance too ? Obama can rectify the previous ill managed Netanyahu visit, but how will he correct all his mistakes since he became president ? How will Obama show he wants better relations with the Arab world not at Israel's expense ? and I don't mean security, Obama cannot push Israel into a bad peace deal like he is doing now !

too many honours to such an undeserving leader as netanyahu who is definitely not committed to the establishment of a palestinian state. time and time again he will dodge the issue as he has always done in the past. leaders of that kind shoud be kept in isolation. with their twisted tongues they are able to avoid any responsibility.

Obama has so many domestic political problems facing him, that he's decided he can't be bothered to stand up to pro-Likud pressure from the so-called leaders of the US Jewish community. This will mean that short term, the pressure is off Netanyahu's extremist government. Long term it's obviously a disaster for Israel because it means there's nothing now stopping Netanyahu taking Israel even further down the road to becoming a Jewish ethnocracy and an international pariah.

what kind of arm twisting are we looking at. do not give in bebe. stay the course

..do you actually mean that Obama will hold a meeting with Bibi? I am not sure how Bibi could hold a meeting at a crib that doesn't belong to him. Maybe change your wording?

So transparent! Obama is going to give Abbas the royal treatment and kiss his ass in public, and is terrified how bad it will look compared to how shamefully disgusting his treatment of Netanyahu was last time. If I was Netanyahu, I would say thanks but no thanks. Obama should rather have to go grovel to Jerusalem.

...apologize to the Jewish people for the hostility he has exhibited towards its nation-state, Israel, for more than a year? Will he express regret to the disrespect he has shown some of the most important symbols of renewed Jewish sovereignty in the Jewish people's historic homeland? Will he retract his racist demand that Jews, only because they are Jewish, must refrain fro residing in villages, towns and even in certain neighborhoods of their capital city of 3,000 years. I look forward to hear Obama express regret and apologize, don't you?

PM Netanyahu should decline the invitation to meet with Obama.. He is being invited only to serve as a useful-idiot they way 15 sycophantic rabbis were used last week. The leopard has not changed his spots, and Obama's personal prejudices remain unchanged and he cannot be trusted

make our Prime Minister enter through the kitchen again? will he be jovial like he is with Arab leaders? or will he embaress our PM and our people. Methinks Hussein Obama will do the latter.

All show and no meaning. He treated Natanyahu at the last meeting badly, then courted a corrupt politician, President Karsai, with all the pomp and ceremony. Now before the American elections with his popularity waning he wants to win Jewish votes. An arrogant man this president of America.

That last would be only if Netanyahu is very, very good.

To be frank, we still do not know what the Netanyahu Government intends to do with the peace talks because we haven't heard of the negotiations proceeding the terms likely achieved between PM Olmert and President Abbas. Let's hope this is the case because otherwise there's been a lot of wasted time, one would think. When George Mitchell reiterates that both leaders, Abbas and Netanyahu are sincere about the peace process, then it's likely that the terms of the previous government were accepted so far.

To be frank, we still do not know what the Netanyahu Government intends to do with the peace talks because we haven't heard of the negotiations proceeding the terms likely achieved between PM Olmert and President Abbas. Let's hope this is the case because otherwise there's been a lot of wasted time, one would think. When George Mitchell reiterates that both leaders, Abbas and Netanyahu are sincere about the peace process, then it's likely that the terms of the previous government were accepted so far.

To be frank, we still do not know what the Netanyahu Government intends to do with the peace talks because we haven't heard of the negotiations proceeding the terms likely achieved between PM Olmert and President Abbas. Let's hope this is the case because otherwise there's been a lot of wasted time, one would think. When George Mitchell reiterates that both leaders, Abbas and Netanyahu are sincere about the peace process, then it's likely that the terms of the previous government were accepted so far.

Can some one tell me what netanyahu official position on: illegal settlment, east Jerusalem as a capital and what to do about displaced refugees. I also don't understand how you can have a viable pali state that has no geographical connection between gaza and west bank. Finally the trade of the century, rid the world of illegal settler movment in rerun for rid the world of Hamas

All that nonsense about outreach to the Arab and Muslim world is out the window. Another U.S. President bites the Israeli dust. Not really doing Israel a favor since this will hasten the one state solution...or maybe that's what they want?

Let the President have a high profile meeting with Abbas. Bibi should say he's "too busy" and stay away. Let's see how that plays for Obama and the Dems in November.

This along with other recent bits of news show that Obama is beginning to change his tactics in Foreign Policy. If he keeps improving like this, his administration may turn out alright. They have a lot of damage to undo from their first year though. This will be seen by some as just another PR gesture, and it may well be, but I think this is part of a real change in policy. The world is watching and we will see how things unfold.

Why does the American Administration, and the American Congress bow to foreign leaders, who spit in in their face? Why do they wish to be so disrespected on the world stage? No other country would tolerate it, certainly not Israel. So logically, one would not expect America to succumb to Israeli pressure after they spit in America's face...But America did...

thanks to Obama and Bibi we are moving toward one-state. The current Israeli government clearly has no commitment to a real peace agreement with the Palestinians. Everyone knows this. and the Palestinians have come to realize that a viable Palestinian state is not in the cards. With time and luck, they will have the whole enchillada. Obama, who is personally committed to two states and who has the ability to make it happen, has chosen to cower in the face of a bunch of right-wing American Jews. What a disgrace!!!!

thanks to Obama and Bibi we are moving toward one-state. The current Israeli government clearly has no commitment to a real peace agreement with the Palestinians. Everyone knows this. and the Palestinians have come to realize that a viable Palestinian state is not in the cards. With time and luck, they will have the whole enchillada. Obama, who is personally committed to two states and who has the ability to make it happen, has chosen to cower in the face of a bunch of right-wing American Jews. What a disgrace!!!!