Needlenose

Expanding the colony, one house at a time

After feigning interest in the ‘peace talks’ with the Palestinians, Israeli’s PM Whatayahoo gives Obama the finger and lets the West Bank colony expansion ban lapse on the eve of talks.

Hey Barack – the whole purpose of having a client state is to advance your agenda, not theirs!  Give Whatayahoo a call and have a very different discussion with him, remind him why he needs to renew the ban.

Bring it, IDF!

In other Israel-related news, do you figure Israel will shoot anybody on this aid ship?

*Update 9/28/10* Intercepted, nobody shot.

*Update 4:10P* What Juan Cole said.

Following the hand-jive of uber nationalist and former Israeli PM Sharon, current Israeli PM Whatayahoo just gave the finger to Obama and his foreign policy.

Seriously, unless there are some consequences to their actions (like, oh, cutting off the $2.4+ billion in aid we give them every year), why would Israel do anything else but flip us off and laugh at us in disdain?

*Update 5/29/09* I guess the Israeli wrong-wingers grew unaccustomed to push back on their slo-mo colonization program, but Whatayahoo is puzzled by Washington demands to back off their settlment expansion program.  Unlike Shrubya, Team Obama at least told Israel to get back with the program.  Still, dialoging has done nothing during my lifetime, so unless Washington follows up with some consequences, Whatayahoo will stay ‘puzzled.’