Update: this action, now closed, ran in March 2014.
When President Obama meets Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu in the White House on Monday, their conversation will
no doubt focus on two issues that are central to the Obama Administration’s foreign policy agenda: Iran and
Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts.
Tell President
Obama that you are a part of his constituency for peace. Make sure he knows that Americans who care about Israel
have his back.
The Obama Administration has expended tremendous energy to achieve an historic diplomatic breakthrough that has a
real chance of resolving concerns about Iran’s nuclear program. Simultaneously, Secretary of State John Kerry has
in recent months redoubled efforts to achieve a breakthrough on the Israeli-Palestinian track. Seven months of
shuttle diplomacy are soon to be crowned by a U.S.-authored “framework” for a future peace agreement, and President
Obama is reportedly preparing to intensify his personal involvement in Israeli-Palestinian peace brokering.
Tell President
Obama you stand with him and with Secretary Kerry in support of diplomacy with Iran and in support of a diplomatic
resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
President Obama will undoubtedly get strong push-back from Prime Minister Netanyahu. Netanyahu has consistently
dismissed and belittled diplomacy with Iran, and has implied that those supporting such diplomacy are undermining
Israel’s interests. On the Israeli-Palestinian track, Netanyahu has given lip service to the pursuit of peace and
the two-state solution, but has pursued policies on the ground – particularly with respect to settlements – that
disclose a very different agenda.
Thank President
Obama for his efforts to secure Israel’s future. Urge him to stand firm with Netanyahu, for the sake of both Israel
and U.S. interests.
By making a diplomatic solution with Iran and an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement top priorities of his
administration, President Obama is arguably doing more than any U.S. president in history to support Israel and
work for a future in which Israel can exist as a Jewish state and a democracy, living in security and peace with
its neighbors. Thank him for his efforts and encourage him to continue them – even when it means standing up to an
Israeli prime minister whose actions and words reveal an agenda that is inconsistent with peace and security for
Israel and the Middle East.