Hahahaha – I guess the ‘loony lefty liberals’ aren’t the only ones who like “semantics”. I notice the pro-Israeli lobby was not “commanded”, “encouraged”, or otherwise ‘told’ not to boo Obama. They were simply “urged” not to. Ya just gotta love the English language – don’t ya? Smile Pro-Israeli lobby urged 'not to boo Barack Obama after Middle East peace address President Barack Obama and Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, are squaring up for another clash on Sunday as relations between the two countries plunge to their worst level since the founding of the Jewish state. clip_image001 US President Barack Obama with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the White House on Friday Photo: AFP/GETTY By Richard Spencer <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/journalists/richard-spencer/> , Middle East Correspondent 7:45PM BST 21 May 2011 Daily Telegraph The two men will both address the leading pro-Israel <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/> lobbying group, the American-Israel Political Affairs Committee (AIPAC), two days after Mr Netanyahu publicly rebuked <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/8527226/Benjamin-Netanyahu-rebukes-Barack-Obama-over-1967-plan.html> Mr Obama's peace plans for the Middle East from inside the Oval Office. Such is the controversy aroused by Mr Obama's stance that AIPAC's leader, Lee Rosenberg, has been forced to write to members begging them not to boo the president when he addresses them. Mr Obama's clash with Mr Netanyahu, who accused his host of wanting a "peace based on illusions", has sent a sharp divide down American, Israeli and international opinion. Mr Netanyahu objected to Mr Obama's demand in a speech on Thursday for a Palestinian state based on borders from before the 1967 Six Day War, with revisions to take into consideration security concerns and some of Israel's settlements. Mr Obama was immediately backed by the Middle East "Quartet", the mediation body comprising the United States, the United Nations, Russia and the European Union. It issued a statement expressing its "strong support". Tzipi Livni, leader of Israel's opposition Kadima party, also backed Mr Obama's two-state solution and accused Mr Netanyahu of putting Israel at risk in order to save his right-wing coalition. "The prime minister has violated relations between Israel and the United States," she said, speaking after Mr Obama's speech but before the Oval Office meeting. "He has endangered the security of Israel and its power of deterrence." But Mr Netanyahu is assured of a warm welcome at AIPAC and again the next day when he will address Congress at the invitation of the Republican Speaker, John Boehner. Potential Republican presidential candidates have been to the fore in backing Mr Netanyahu's position. Mitt Romney, a former governor of Massachusetts, said: "President Obama has thrown Israel under the bus. He has disrespected Israel and undermined its ability to negotiate peace." Tim Pawlenty, the former governor of Minnesota who will declare his candidacy on Monday, said Mr Obama's position on the pre-1967 borders was a "mistaken and very dangerous demand". The pre-1967 borders have been the implicit basis for all substantial negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. Mr Netanyahu fears that by endorsing them explicitly Mr Obama has made them the starting point for any future negotiations, rather than the end-point. Mr Obama would counter that the Palestinian side has already made those fears irrelevant by accepting the principle of revisions to the borders. He could also point to the near-universal hostility his speech aroused in the Arab world. It acknowledged two key Israeli positions, rejecting Palestinian plans to appeal directly to the United Nations for a recognition of statehood in September, as well as the recent reconciliation deal between the Palestinian Authority and Hamas. The White House was clearly taken aback by the ferocity of Mr Netanyahu's response to the speech, which included an angry telephone call to Hillary Clinton, the secretary of state, after he was given an advance copy. The White House spokesman, Jay Carney, noted as "interesting" a suggestion that Mr Netanyahu, by referring only to Mr Obama's mention of the pre-1967 borders and not to his backing for revisions, was "wilfully misinterpreting" him. Mr Obama's speech also toughened his rhetoric against Syria, a key Hamas backer, in the wake of its bloody suppression of protests in the last two months. That suppression continued with armed groups firing on protesters in cities across the country on Friday, killing 44 people according to human rights groups. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? 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