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Fanning the flames

The Obama administration continued to turn up the pressure on Israel yesterday, sending political director David Axelrod onto the Sunday talk shows. (via memeorandum) As Axelrod said to Jake Tapper:

The issue, Axelrod said, is a "flare point throughout the region" and puts U.S. interests at risk. "It is important for our own security that we move forward and resolve this very difficult issue," Axelrod said.

Meanwhile, the PA, Israel's "peace partners" are calling for Arabs to defend "al Aqsa" (via memeorandum)

Top Fatah official and holder of the Jerusalem portfolio Khatem Abd el-Kader called Palestinians on Sunday to "converge on al Aksa to save it" from what he called "Israeli attempts to destroy the mosque and replace it with the [Jewish] temple." Khader was speaking ahead of a dedication of a renovated synagogue in the Jewish Quarter in the Old City, planned to take place Tuesday.

He called Israel's renovation of the Hurva Synagogue a "provocation" and warned Israel that it was "playing with fire."

If the administration thought that putting pressure on Israel was the way to bring peace to the Middle East, it was terribly wrong. All it is doing is encouraging its (and Israel's) enemies.

Heckuva job.