Empire – Israel and the US – 25 Feb 09 – Part 1 | Part 2 | hat tip
In Part 1 of this report that examines the special relationship between the U.S. and Israeli governments, Al Jazeera‘s senior political analyst, Marwan Bishara, moderates guests Adam Shatz, a senior editor at the London Review of Books, Ilan Pappe, “New Historian” scholar and human rights activist, and Aaron David Miller, who according to Wikipedia, “is on the U.S. Advisory Council of Israel Policy Forum, is Public Policy Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center, and has been an advisor to six Secretaries of State,” amongst other activities.
15:50 into the programme, Bishara asks Miller, “Will Obama has the, will he have the will to put enough pressure on Israel? Would he, for example. Let me give you two examples. Would he freeze the settlements, would he demand that Israel freeze the settlements? Would he, now that white phosphorus has been used in Gaza and Amnesty International demands that Obama do stop military shipments to Israel, would he?”
Miller replies, “The answer to both of your questions is, is most decidedly, no, and more, more, even more emphatically, NO.”