tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932414341057385268.post8824090675087638277..comments2023-08-15T07:21:53.729-07:00Comments on The Angry Arabs' comments section: The smoking cable: Israel said it had ’secret accord’ with U.S. over expanding settlements even as Obama said in Cairo they must stop!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932414341057385268.post-54988450470792839372010-12-21T16:01:34.000-08:002010-12-21T16:01:34.000-08:00"MFA Middle East Director (Assistant Secretar...<i>"MFA Middle East Director (Assistant Secretary-equivalent) Patrice Paoli informed POL Minister Counselor June 18 that Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak <br /> told French officials in Paris June 15 that the Israelis have <br /> a "secret accord" with the USG to continue the "natural <br /> growth" of Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Paoli noted <br /> that the French anticipate strong Israeli resistance to USG <br /> pressure on this issue....</i><br /><i>"President Sarkozy will have <br /> three messages to convey to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu <br /> when they meet in Paris on June 24: <br /><br /> "-- 'You think you've got time, but you don't.' </i> <i><br /> "-- 'You think you have an alternative solution, but you <br /> don't.' <br /> "-- 'You think you're stronger than the Palestinians, but <br /> you're not.'<br /><br /> "Paoli said that Sarkozy will stress that 'there is a single </i> <i><br /> door and it is imperative to move through it now.'"</i>thankgodimatheistnoreply@blogger.com