Obama's Jerusalem Challenge to Israel

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu will give a speech this weekend accepting President Obama’s call for a sovereign Palestinian state.
 
Netanyahu will set some conditions for that acceptance, practical steps to safeguard Israeli security. Those conditions will get a sympathetic hearing from the Obama administration. But Netanyahu has already received his warning that he can expect very little sympathy on the most emotional issue in the dispute: the status of Jerusalem. In his Cairo speech, President Obama signalled his intent to press for some kind of international status for the ancient holy city.
 
What’s that? You didn’t hear Obama say that? Remember, this is Barack Obama talking. To understand his meaning, you must listen very, very carefully.