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Source: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1092076.html
How to Answer Obama
[Ha'aretz] Ari Shavit - If Benjamin Netanyahu says no to Obama, he would be playing into the hands of those who want Obama to deal with the settlements rather than with the centrifuges. But Netanyahu cannot say yes to Obama, either. If he says yes, the United States could start up immediately a powerful bulldozer to push Israel to the June 4, 1967 borders. If he says yes, Israel would not be able to ensure its vital security interests in the West Bank. If he says yes, an armed Palestinian state, whose missile batteries would prevent the Israel Air Force from launching its planes, would be declared in a short time. If Netanyahu says yes, Israel would be pushed into a hopeless, risky undertaking that would undermine its stability. President Obama and his partners would endanger Israel's future, not from malice but from pure, noble intentions.