Dynamite. US Getting Ready To Push Its Own Israeli-Palestinian Plan

The Obama adminisration does not intend to wait forever for Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Abbas to agree on a peace plan.  If they can't agree, the United States will puts its own plan on the table, an eventuality the Israelis have always resisted. So says General David Jones, President Obama's NSC adviser and top foreign policy aide.

This is in today's Washington Post and, no doubt, it is shaking up the Netanyahu government especially because the source of the story is columnist David Ignatius, a very authoritative voice here in Washington.

Ignatius writes: "Jones is an activist on the Palestinian issue, which he lists as a top priority for the new administration. He wants the United States to offer a guiding hand in peace negotiations -- submitting its own ideas to help break any logjams between the Israelis and Palestinians. 'The United States is at its best when it's directly involved,' Jones says. He cites U.S. diplomatic efforts in the Balkans. " ''We didn't tell the parties to go off and work this out. If we want to get momentum, we have to be involved directly.' "

See column here.