This is why Wikileaks is so crucial: A June 2009 cable from France, days after the great Cairo speech of Obama, in which the Israelis are said to claim a secret deal with the US for settlement growth. I’m running. More to say later. And note too where Sarkozy says, Israel, the horse of history is galloping past the window. Jump now or you are finished. The Palestinians are stronger than you think. Beautiful. Europe is taking Palestine’s side now because of this understanding. Wow. Thank you, Mr. Assange:

“MFA Middle East Director (Assistant Secretary-equivalent) Patrice Paoli informed POL Minister Counselor June 18 that Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak

told French officials in Paris June 15 that the Israelis have

a “secret accord” with the USG to continue the “natural

growth” of Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Paoli noted

that the French anticipate strong Israeli resistance to USG

pressure on this issue….

“President Sarkozy will have

three messages to convey to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu

when they meet in Paris on June 24:

“– ‘You think you’ve got time, but you don’t.’

“– ‘You think you have an alternative solution, but you

don’t.’

“– ‘You think you’re stronger than the Palestinians, but

you’re not.’

“Paoli said that Sarkozy will stress that ‘there is a single

door and it is imperative to move through it now.'”