Wednesday, 24 March 2010

Israel risks Obama presidential condemnation over Jerusalem
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report March 24, 2010, 9:36 PM (GMT+02:00)
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Netanyahu leaves White House

US president Barack Obama kept on turning the screw on Israeli minister Binyamin Netanyahu Wednesday, March 24, after their harsh conversation in the White House Tuesday: Netanyahu was told bluntly to issue before leaving for home a White House-dictated public pledge to eschew further construction in East Jerusalem, or else face a US presidential notice condemning Israel and holding its government responsible for the failure to restart indirect Israel-Palestinian talks.

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France mulls following UK punishment for Israel over Dubai passports
DEBKAfile Special Report
March 23, 2010, 1:13 PM (GMT+02:00)

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Nicolas Sarkozy may join UK punishment

DEBKAfile's sources disclose that President Nicolas Sarkozy will decide in the coming hours whether to follow in Britain's footsteps in punishing Israel for suspicions that its security service forged the French passports used by the assassins of Hamas arms trader Mahmoud Mabhouh in Dubai on Jan. 19. London expelled an Israeli diplomat although it admitted it had no proof of Israel's culpability, which Jerusalem regards as an unfriendly act in keeping with

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Where is the Obama-Netanyahu row heading?
DEBKAfile DEBKA-Net-Weekly
March 24, 2010, 11:37 AM (GMT+02:00)

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Leaving the White House after tense talks

Now that the threat of international isolation may hang over Israel's head, DEBKA-Net-Weekly's coming issue, out next Friday, tries looking around the corner to see what happens if Binyamin Netanyahu continues to defy Barack Obama onJerusalem, Iran and other issues - or caves in.

This issue offers some hitherto unpublished revelations on how the crisis evolved into this landmark moment in US relations with a country traditionally known as America's most trusted Middle East ally.

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Israel under veiled US threat of diplomatic isolation
DEBKAfile Special Report
March 24, 2010, 9:38 AM (GMT+02:00)

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Israeli PM arrives at White House

Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu's high-stakes talks with President Barack Obama March 24 deepened the crisis marring relations between the two governments, DEBKAfile's Washington sources report. The White House's hand is suspected behind London's decision to expel an Israeli diplomat over unproven passport allegations, to underline its threat of isolation.
In the Middle East, Iran, Syria, Hizballah and Palestinians stand ready to exploit the US-Israel rift.

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