[ti:What Is Next for US-Israeli Relations]
[ar:Christopher Jones-Cruise]
[al:In The News]
[by:www.21voa.com]
[00:00.00]Israelis elected a new parliament this week.
[00:04.35]The results gave 30 seats in the 120-member parliament
[00:09.79]to the Likud Party of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
[00:14.12]The Zionist Union finished second, winning 24 seats.
[00:19.35]A union of four Arab-led parties won 14 seats
[00:25.55]to become the third largest group in Israel's parliament, the Knesset.
[00:30.99]Mr. Netanyahu has said he plans to form a government
[00:36.16]in the next two or three weeks.
[00:38.38]He said he already spoke with smaller parties
[00:42.11]on forming the 61-seat coalition he needs to govern.
[00:47.00]On Thursday, Zionist Union leader Isaac Herzog said
[00:52.15]his party will not join the coalition.
[00:55.92]In the United States,
[00:58.30]debate has begun over how the election results
[01:01.94]will affect U.S. relations with Israel.
[01:05.34]Differences on major issues
[01:08.17]have led to increased tensions between the countries.
[01:12.22]Earlier this month, Prime Minister Netanyahu
[01:16.35]traveled to Washington and spoke to a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress.
[01:21.36]His comments about nuclear negotiations with Iran
[01:25.98]angered the administration of President Barack Obama.
[01:29.95]He called a yet-to-be-announced agreement with Iran, "a bad deal."
[01:35.99]There are also tensions about the Middle East peace process.
[01:40.95]Earlier this week,
[01:43.01]Mr. Netanyahu said he would never support a Palestinian state.
[01:47.83]His comment came in the final hours of the election campaign.
[01:52.91]It appeared to overturn the position he had held as prime minister,
[01:58.50]when Israelis and Palestinians held peace talks.
[02:02.23]Those negotiations eventually broke down.
[02:06.01]On Thursday, Mr. Netanyahu appeared to step away from that comment.
[02:12.53]He told American media
[02:15.12]he does not object to a "demilitarized Palestinian state."
[02:20.35]But he said that creation of such a state
[02:24.17]is not possible at the current time.
[02:26.89]In the United States, lawmakers of the two major parties
[02:32.50]have congratulated Israel on the elections.
[02:35.99]But there was a striking difference in public statements
[02:40.10]between Republicans and Democrats.
[02:42.79]The Speaker of the House of Representatives, John Boehner,
[02:46.83]was satisfied with the election results.
[02:50.66]"Heartfelt congratulations to Netanyahu," he wrote on Twitter.
[02:55.15]Speaker Boehner said he was
[02:58.32]"looking forward to continuing the strong bond"
[03:01.69]between the two countries.
[03:03.54]Another Republican, Utah Senator Orrin Hatch,
[03:08.95]made clear he was cheering for Mr. Netanyahu,
[03:12.88]or, as he calls him, "Bibi."
[03:15.82]"Bibi is one of the strongest people I've seen in the,
[03:19.07]in the world.
[03:20.18]So you gotta give him a lot of credit
[03:22.19]for winning that election and, personally,
[03:25.04]I believe that's in the best interests of Israel,
[03:27.22]and I'm glad they (Israeli voters) made that choice."
[03:28.24]But many Democrats seemed to avoid discussion of Mr. Netanyahu at all.
[03:33.37]Pennsylvania Senator Bob Casey described the ties
[03:38.97]between the United States and Israel as "unbreakable."
[03:42.96]"We're gonna be not only supportive of Israel's security,
[03:47.31]but also reaffirming the values that bring our countries together.
[03:51.20]So that's, in short, I think, (the case) no matter,
[03:53.97]no matter what happens in any election."
[03:55.65]Another Democrat,
[03:57.56]Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut,
[03:59.98]had a similarly measured reaction.
[04:03.15]"I'm looking forward to continuing to work
[04:07.09]with Prime Minister Netanyahu and seeking peace in the Middle East."
[04:12.26]Neri Zilber is with The Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
[04:17.02]He says the United States may continue having problems
[04:21.75]with Mr. Netanyahu's way of doing things.
[04:24.61]But he expects a continued U.S. push for its policy objectives in Israel.
[04:31.75]In his words, "you can expect an increased push
[04:37.06]by this administration on the Palestinian peace process.
[04:41.03]The U.S. will likely put forward its own idea with respect
[04:47.24]to what a negotiated final status agreement looks like,"
[04:50.63]whether Mr. Netanyahu and the Israeli government like it or not.
[04:56.42]I'm Christopher Jones-Cruise.
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