The President of USA Barack Obama and Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanjahu discussed the politics of “peace and security” which main aims Netanjahu will present in a few days – informed the governments of both countries.

Obama and Netanjahu has started the discussion when American-Israel relations are very difficult. From the change of governments in both countries the tension between them has grown up as never before. (…)

The conversation of both leaders preceded the visit of special American delegate to Middle East George Mitchell who is going to meet on Tuesday with Prime Minister Szimon Peres and with ministers of foreign affairs and security - Avigdor Lieberman and Ehud Barak. The following day Mitchell is going to meet the President Mahmud Abbas and other Palestinian leaders in Ramallah, the real capital of Autonomy. (…)

The White House has also added that the President has underlined his will to guarantee the security of Israel; he appealed in the same time to the government in Tel-Aviv for total restraint from the colonization of the West Bank of Jordan River and the creation of the Palestinian state. Both of these are reasons of tensions between allies. (…)

According to Reuter, Prime Minister of Israel has accented that he is ready to start the negotiations with Abbas in the area of economy, security and other – not precise – political issues. Palestinians do not agree to concentrate more on the economic issues than the territory ones.

Reuter’s Agency also evoked that Abbas said on Monday that there is no sense in coming back to negotiations with Israel if Netanjahu does nothing to stop the expansion of Jewish colonies on the West Bank of Jordan River. [R.S.]

Gazeta Wyborcza, 09/06/09