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White House May Be Realizing Rift with Israel Not a Wise Move
(Ynet News) Yitzhak Benhorin - Last week the White House sent senior officials to Jewish organizations with a similar message about the unshakeable relationship between the U.S. and Israel. Something prompted President Obama himself to send a letter to the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations and declare that a Mideast peace treaty cannot be imposed from the outside, stressing that "We have a special relationship with Israel and that will not change." Someone reached the conclusion that the top U.S. brass must quickly put out the political fire. The U.S. is indeed determined to advance peace between Israel and the Palestinians, yet suddenly the Jerusalem issue no longer makes headlines, and suddenly, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict no longer risks the lives of U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Moreover, Obama himself stressed that "Our alliance with Israel serves our national security interests." The U.S. pressure on Jerusalem was apparently the breaking point for quite a few Jews among his supporters. Peace and the two-state solution are still among the most urgent challenges on the American president's agenda. However, it appears that the Americans will be making every effort to avoid public confrontations with the Israeli government in the future.