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Source: http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/10/israels-challenge-to-the-u-s/
Biden's Visit to Israel and Construction in Jerusalem
(New York Times) Aaron David Miller: If you're hoping for an Israeli-American war, I wouldn't bet on it: shared values, a strong pro-Israeli community and America's need to cooperate with Israel to advance and protect its own interests preclude it. And it's likely that the Obama administration is warming to that reality. Daniel Gordis: Insisting that Israelis freeze settlement expansion without making some equally explicit demand of the Palestinians - and using the same term "settlement" for both massive neighborhoods that are home to tens of thousands and for illegal outposts - Obama has convinced Israelis that he has no command of the issues, and that he is predisposed to pressuring Israel much more than the Palestinians.