By Micah Halpern
I've Been Thinking:
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu will meet with US President Obama on Monday.
Washington announced last week that they would not be pressuring Israel to make concessions regarding peace with the Palestinians. The announcement continued that not pressuring Israel on this issue will be the policy for the remainder of the Obama presidency.
The purpose of the prime minister's visit to Washington is to get the reward package Israel was promised when the United States signed off on the Iran deal. Netanyahu is going to Washington to pick out and pick up Israel’s goody bag.
We have been told that Israel wants a very significant list of goodies amounting to a $5 billion a year package for 10 years. The current deal between the US and Israel is for $3 billion a year and it is up in 2017.
But we are hearing that the White House is not keen on this increase. The White House is saying that times are tough economically and so Israel must make do with the same package - or less.
If this becomes the scene, expect an explosion.
Israel needs the qualitative advantage on the military side. They need it by a factor of three - not simply better, but a full three times better.
Given the new threat posed by Iran, if the United States will not help Israel, Israel may just have to look elsewhere. Russia and China are waiting in the wings.
Micah@MicahHalpern.com
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