Advocate For More War
Jackson Diehl, The Washington Post | February 9, 2009
Netanyahu aims to be Israel’s PM on the promise of more war: "we must smash Hamas power in Gaza." ++ This attitude would complicate Obama’s policy of using diplomacy to address ME conflicts. ++ While US concerns are not ungrounded -- during his last term in office, Netanyahu’s sheer stubbornness suffocated the Oslo accords-- this time might be different. ++ He spoke of a centrist government and economic investment in the West Bank but his plans to “finish the job” in Gaza will be thwarted if PM Olmert signs a ceasefire with Hamas.
