Sunday, 17 May 2009

Obama to warn Israel's PM, Benjamin Netanyahu: 'No more blank cheques'


Barack Obama is to deliver a blunt warning to Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, that the era of the blank US cheque is over.

 
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Mr Obama has already shocked Israeli officials by publicly declaring that a two state solution was in America's national interest Photo: AP

The President will use a meeting with Mr Netanyahu in Washington on Monday to tell him that from now on Israel must earn its privileged relationship with America.

Mr Obama will make clear that he will not allow his foreign policy objectives to be dictated by the Jewish state's interests, and that its leaders must resume working for peace with the Palestinians.

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