Obama to ‘guarantee’ strategic territory to Palestinians
January 20, 2010 by Jason DeMars
Filed under Current Events and Prophecy
By Aaron Klein
© 2010 WorldNetDaily
TEL AVIV – President Obama is planning to issue a letter in the next few weeks guaranteeing U.S. support for a plan to give much of the West Bank and eastern sections of Jerusalem to Palestinians within two years, WND has learned.
The presidential letter is slated to stress U.S. commitments to Israeli security as well.
It would state the final borders of a Palestinian country will be determined by direct Israeli-Palestinian negotiations but that the U.S. supports a Palestinian state in the general 1967 borders – meaning the West Bank, Gaza Strip and eastern Jerusalem.
According to a source in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office, the Israeli leader is pushing against a formal letter from Obama, recommending the U.S. president issue an official oral declaration instead.
The contents of the letter are being discussed by Israelis with both Egypt and the U.S. and separately by the Palestinian Authority with Egypt and the U.S. Egypt is a key broker in the matter.
Russia Won’t Agree To Iran Sanctions
July 16, 2009 by Jason DeMars
Filed under Current Events and Prophecy, Israel
JPost – A Russian Foreign Ministry source was quoted Tuesday as saying that Moscow would not impose tougher sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program in exchange for a new nuclear arms cuts deal with Washington.
Reuters cited an Interfax report which quoted the source as saying, “There are no reasons to link these issues or count on Russia being more cooperative in toughening sanctions against Iran if there is progress in talks with the United States on further cuts in strategic offensive weapons.”
The comment referred to negotiations between US President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev over the START I agreement, a pact regulating the number of long-range nuclear weapons held by the US and Russia, which expires on December 5.
Russia has consistently shown reluctance to place strong sanctions on Iran, with which it enjoys trade ties.
However, Reuters quoted a Kremlin source as saying that the remarks on Iran did not indicate any change in the vibe of the negotiations. “It was nothing more than an exchange of remarks over a specific suggestion,” the source was quoted as saying.