horse of george

Interesting - Israel has come out and said they will not deal with the Palestinian issue until the Iran issue is settled. Fairly dramatic move I'd say - hard to step back from it now that it's out there. Between the lines what do I see? Obviously they do not trust Obama to hold Iran's feet to the fire, a sentiment I certainly share - and obviously it seems they understand that if they move against Iran the price they will have to pay is getting a Palestinian deal done - in fact in connecting the two this way I'd say they're looking for the leverage with the US they may feel they need or at least would prefer to have to make the Iran attack possible. I would say they have definitely called Obama's rhetoric and substantially raised - I wonder how much of this has to do with Gates dismissing talk of bombing Iran as idle chatter? - it sure seemed to me that people had failed to grasp the implication of what Gates was saying - Gates himself may have failed to grasp it.