Source:http://freebeacon.com/national-security/reports-obama-mulling-sanctions-on-israel/
The Obama administration is refusing to discuss reports that emerged early Thursday claiming that the White House is considering imposing sanctions on Israel for continuing construction on Jewish homes in Jerusalem.
State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf dodged several questions on Thursday when confronted with reports that the administration had held secret internal meetings to discuss taking action against Israel for its ongoing building in East Jerusalem.
The classified meetings were reportedly held several weeks ago and included officials from both the State Department and White House, according to the Israeli daily Ha'aretz, which first reported on the meetings.
The possibility of sanctioning Israel for its ongoing construction sends a signal that the Obama administration is willing to go further in its denunciations of Israel than any previous White House.
At the same time, the White House is vigorously pushing Congress against passing new sanctions on Iran.
When asked to address the reports Thursday afternoon, Harf declined to take a stance.
"I'm obviously not going to comment one way or another on reported internal deliberations," she said. "We've made clear our position on settlement activity publicly and that hasn't changed."
When pressed to address whether the White House has reached a point at which it believes its harsh rhetoric against Israel is not enough, Harf again demurred, stating that she would not "address hypotheticals."
A White House National Security Council (NSC) official also would not comment on the report when contacted Thursday by the Washington Free Beacon.
News of the supposed meeting leaked to the press though Israeli officials who were apparently apprised of the discussion.
Senior Israeli officials told Haaretz "that White House officials held a classified discussion a few weeks ago about the possibility of taking active measures against the settlements," according to the report.
The discussion about levying sanctions on Israel reportedly began after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's October meeting at the White House and the subsequent battle between Washington and Jerusalem over settlement construction.
The thought of the White House leveling sanctions on Israel as it works to lessen those already imposed on Iran prompted consternation on Capitol Hill and throughout the pro-Israel world.
One senior congressional aide who works on the issue of Israel expressed shock that a White House could even discuss such action.
"If these reports are true, this would mark a new era of unprecedented hostility from the White House against our strongest ally in the Middle East," the source said. "It's impossible not to notice the irony of the administration mulling sanctions on Israel while threatening to veto new sanctions against Iran."
The aide added: "The president should be forewarned that taking such action against Israel would yield tremendous pushback from Congress."
Those in the pro-Israel world expressed a similar view when reached for comment.
"Even this administration, which has been historically hostile to our Israeli allies, even as they worked overtime to bomb the enemies of Iranian proxies across the Middle East, could not possibly be so aggressively committed to undermining our alliances as to levy sanctions against Israel at the same time they're lifting them on Iran," said one senior official with a pro-Israel organization who agreed to speak only on background.
Others took a more critical view.
"The Obama administration is against sanctions on Iran, but for them on Israel," said Noah Pollak, executive director of the pro-Israel organization Emergency Committee for Israel. "Is [White House deputy national security adviser] Ben Rhodes wearing a green headband to work these days?"
Nchi ya ahadi. We tumbili huwezi kupingana na ahadi za MUNGU wa kweli. Yaliyokwenye bible lazima yote yatimie ikiwamo jurudisha ardhi yote kwa waisrael
we nchi yao walikubali kuwa na 2 state option nakushangaa we mpambe
siku marekani wakiwakatia maji na umeme mayahudi ndio wataacha kiburi na kuona uzayuni ni sera mbovu:glasses-nerdy:. Ikiwa obana anafikiria kuwawekea vikwazo mayahudi basi akili inaweza kuwarudia na kutaka maelewano yenye tija kwa pande zote:sad:. taifa la israel sio chochote bila dhamana ya marekana. Mayahudi na waarabu wanaweza kua na amani kama kila upande utaweza kuheshimu mila na desturi za kila upande. Je, hili litawezekana?kuna taarifa zisizo rasmi marekani inafikiria kuiwekea vikwazo israel kutokana na kuendelea kujenga makazi kwny ardhi ya wapalesti
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MY TAKE MI NAAMINI KWA ASILIMIA 80 ANAYESABABISHA MGOGORO HUU USIISHE NI ISRAEL.WANASEMA WANATAKA AMANI NA STILL WANAJENGA KWNY MAENEO YA WAPALESTINA HII INAMANIISHA NINI? WANATKA KWELI AMANI AU VITA KUNA HAJA YA DUNIA KUUNGANA KUPINGA HUU UPUUZI WA ISRAEL KWANI NI VIBURI AMBAO HAWASKII LA MTU
Walikubali kwa maneno angalia vitendo. We mwanaume akisema anakupenda hata km kwa vitendo anachepuka bado utashikiria kuwa anakupenda?
Acha ushabiki MUNGU hadhihakiwi.
Nchi ya ahadi. We tumbili huwezi kupingana na ahadi za MUNGU wa kweli. Yaliyokwenye bible lazima yote yatimie ikiwamo jurudisha ardhi yote kwa waisrael
Nchi ya ahadi. We tumbili huwezi kupingana na ahadi za MUNGU wa kweli. Yaliyokwenye bible lazima yote yatimie ikiwamo jurudisha ardhi yote kwa waisrael
{Say: We believe in Allah and that which is revealed unto us and that which was revealed unto Abraham, and Ishmael, and Isaac, and Jacob, and the tribes, and that which Moses and Jesus received, and that which the prophets received from their Lord. We make no distinction between any of them, and unto Him we have surrendered.} (Al-Baqarah 2: 136)Nchi ya ahadi. We tumbili huwezi kupingana na ahadi za MUNGU wa kweli. Yaliyokwenye bible lazima yote yatimie ikiwamo jurudisha ardhi yote kwa waisrael
kuna taarifa zisizo rasmi marekani inafikiria kuiwekea vikwazo israel kutokana na kuendelea kujenga makazi kwny ardhi ya wapalesti
na Reports: Obama Mulling Sanctions on Israel | Washington Free BeaconM
MY TAKE MI NAAMINI KWA ASILIMIA 80 ANAYESABABISHA MGOGORO HUU USIISHE NI ISRAEL.WANASEMA WANATAKA AMANI NA STILL WANAJENGA KWNY MAENEO YA WAPALESTINA HII INAMANIISHA NINI? WANATKA KWELI AMANI AU VITA KUNA HAJA YA DUNIA KUUNGANA KUPINGA HUU UPUUZI WA ISRAEL KWANI NI VIBURI AMBAO HAWASKII LA MTU
siku marekani wakiwakatia maji na umeme mayahudi ndio wataacha kiburi na kuona uzayuni ni sera mbovu:glasses-nerdy:. Ikiwa obana anafikiria kuwawekea vikwazo mayahudi basi akili inaweza kuwarudia na kutaka maelewano yenye tija kwa pande zote:sad:. taifa la israel sio chochote bila dhamana ya marekana. Mayahudi na waarabu wanaweza kua na amani kama kila upande utaweza kuheshimu mila na desturi za kila upande. Je, hili litawezekana?
Nchi ya ahadi. We huwezi kupingana na ahadi za MUNGU wa kweli. Yaliyokwenye bible lazima yote yatimie ikiwamo jurudisha ardhi yote kwa waisrael
Huwezi kupingana na ahadi za Mungu za kweli, ukiwa mbele za Mungu.
Angalia mambo ya Watu wa Mungu za ukweli wanavyotimiza Ahadi. Wamefanikiwa kuigeuza kuwa nchi ya Ahadi.
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