Clinton to arrive in Israel to discuss Iran, peace

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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will arrive in Israel late on Sunday for meetings Monday with top Israeli leaders on Iran, Egypt, Syria and the frozen peace process with the Palestinians.

It is her first visit to Israel since September 2010.

Iran’s growing nuclear threat is expected to play a large role in her talks Monday with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman, Defense Minister Ehud Barak and President Shimon Peres.

But there is much speculation that Clinton’s trip is connected to the United States presidential race and it is timed to counter Jewish-American public perception that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s visit to Israel later this month means that he is more committed to Israel than the Obama administration.

http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=277496

[Iggy]

1. More or Less a Waste of Time

as long as Netanyahu is in charge, and congress continues to approve ten year $Billions of dollars
"aid" packages for Israel-- with absolutely no strings attached.

we have zero leverage over Israel, thinking we do is a joke.

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2. That is the strangest headline.

So many contradictions stuffed into one sentence.

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3. She's getting around a lot, I'm wondering what is up.

It is an election year after all.

But yeah, lots to pick at, but none of it new.

[Iggy]

4. In this case, it appears

to be busywork.

we're getting nowhere with current approach to "peace in the ME".

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5. I'm guessing she thinks it's all very important.

Big goals, big ideas. We are giving the appearance of shoring up Morsi, or so it seems to me. But you might be right, it's all about controlling perceptions, nothing to do with policy.

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6. Policy complexity, confusion or deception.

Your pick.

Could just be biding her time until after reelection. Then, back to the game plan.