Although Israeli Defense Minister Barak was specifically told not to ‘negotiate’ with the US during his stay in Washington DC this week, and although there were no official ‘negotiations’, it is clear that negotiations took place. What a surprise.

Today our Defense Secretary Gates stood with Defense Minister Barak … and of course we all know that in diplomatic language “War” is translated as “Defense”… answering questions from the cadre of Pentagon reporters.

Barak enunciated Israel’s part of the deal this way: (more…)