{"id":493239,"date":"2010-03-31T11:31:38","date_gmt":"2010-03-31T15:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/washingtonindependent.com\/?p=81034"},"modified":"2010-03-31T11:31:38","modified_gmt":"2010-03-31T15:31:38","slug":"israeli-security-council-chief-%e2%80%98no-we-can%e2%80%99t%e2%80%99","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/493239","title":{"rendered":"Israeli Security Council Chief: \u2018No, We Can\u2019t\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Didi Remez\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/coteret.com\/2010\/03\/31\/israeli-nsc-chief-time-to-say-no-we-cant-to-obamas-appeasing-and-one-sided-policy\/\" >translates<\/a> an interview IDF Radio did with Likud  Knesset member and Israeli National Security Council chief Uzi Dayan.  Dayan basically tells the Obama administration Israel won&#8217;t do business  with it on Jerusalem, no matter what the consequences to the  U.S.-Israel relationship:<span id=\"more-81034\"><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Narrator Razi Barkai:\u00a0 We wish to discuss these issues  with Uzi Dayan, a major general in the reserves, former [IDF] deputy  chief of staff, and current head of the National Security Council (NSC)  and, I must say, No. 42 on the Likud Knesset list.\u00a0 Good morning, Mr.  Dayan.\u00a0 We should not have been surprised.\u00a0 At the conclusion of the  Taba talks of 2002, we had the Clinton paper in which he said something  that all the American presidents since adopted \u2014 whatever is Arab, is  Palestinian; and whatever is Jewish, is Israeli \u2014 and he was referring  to Jerusalem.\u00a0 Why are we stunned when it suddenly happens again?<\/p>\n<p>Dayan:\u00a0 We are not stunned, but it is simply time for us to say,  \u201cno.\u201d\u00a0 Every nation has moments when it has to say \u201cno\u201d even to its  friends, including strategic friends.\u00a0 I think it is time for us to tell  the USA and mainly its President, \u201cno more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Barkai:\u00a0 Listen, [Haaretz correspondent] Ari Shavit said \u2014 and this  has not yet been stated publically, except if it were raised in meetings  one-on-one \u2014 that if you say \u201cno\u201d to the Americans (and you will soon  tell us what we say \u201cno\u201d to), the Americans can start taking very small,  secret, and painful steps such as, for example, delaying all kinds of  weapon shipment, start questioning the $3 billion in aid we receive  every year, or start poking us with all kids of small knives on  international arenas such as the United Nations.\u00a0 Does this not bother  you?<\/p>\n<p>Dayan:\u00a0 Of course it does.\u00a0 The USA is not only our primary strategic  ally, but it also has the power [to do these things].\u00a0 That is  correct.\u00a0 Still, even among friends there are lines you do not cross,  which we should say politely but clearly.\u00a0\u00a0<strong>In our case, we should tell the US President, \u201cno, we can\u2019t\u201d  because you start addressing issues that do not only stand for Israeli  interests and values, and we are not only right about them, but we are  also wise because they do not benefit the issue at hand.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>That&#8217;s Remez&#8217;s emphasis. Question: Who\u00a0<em>else <\/em>does  Remez count as a strategic ally for Israel with remotely the power or  global influence of the U.S.?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Didi Remez\u00a0translates an interview IDF Radio did with Likud Knesset member and Israeli National Security Council chief Uzi Dayan. Dayan basically tells the Obama administration Israel won&#8217;t do business with it on Jerusalem, no matter what the consequences to the U.S.-Israel relationship: Narrator Razi Barkai:\u00a0 We wish to discuss these issues with Uzi Dayan, a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4314,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-493239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4314"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=493239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493239\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=493239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=493239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=493239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}