Israel PM walks tightrope after US trip

[FarCenter]

Thursday, March 25, 2010 - JERUSALEM – Agence France-Presse

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in a tightrope after his awkward visit to the US over Jewish settlement row. If Netanyahu caves in to the US demands, his right-wing coalition risks collapse, and if he doesn't, ties with key ally the US would deteriorate further as would the Mideast peace process

Fresh from a White House dressing down, Israel's premier is in a tight corner at home, caught between U.S. demands for peace measures and the hard-line stance of his hawkish coalition, analysts said.

If Benjamin Netanyahu caves in to the U.S. demands, his right-wing coalition risks collapse, and if he doesn't, relations with key ally the United States would deteriorate further as would the Middle East peace process. Netanyahu will have to choose soon between some members of his mostly right-wing coalition "and the rest of the world," the Maariv newspaper said in an editorial. "He can no longer have it both ways."

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[DesertFlower]

1. this is going to be interesting.

[mwrguy]

2. I guess he knows who's boss now.

After 8 years of the cat being away.