Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's comments expressing doubt about Palestinians' commitment to peace again highlight the closeness of his position to that of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...

In a newly disclosed video clip of a private fundraiser in May, Romney tells wealthy supporters that Palestinians "have no interest" in peace with Israel and that the conflict "is going to remain an unsolved problem."

The video's disclosure comes at a time when the Israeli leader, a personal friend of Romney since they worked together in Boston financial houses as young men, has been closely involving himself in the U.S. presidential race.

Netanyahu increasingly has criticized allies including President Obama who have failed to agree to declare a "red line" for Iran -- one that could trigger a U.S. military response if crossed.

At the same time, he's clearly sided with Romney while his relationship with Obama has been cool...

Romney and Netanyahu are "two peas in a pod," said historian Douglas Brinkley of Rice University.

Brinkley said it's rare for foreign leaders to get involved in U.S. elections since British leaders tried in the early 1800s. But he also said world leaders who went to college in the United States as Netanyahu did "seem to feel a special kinship to America, and often a feeling that they should interject themselves."

The Israeli prime minister spent much of his childhood in the Philadelphia suburbs and graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Asked this past Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press" whether Iran already had crossed his "red line," Netanyahu answered with a football reference:

"They're in the red zone. You know, they're in the last 20 yards. And you can't let them cross that goal line. You can't let them score a touchdown."

"This is a matter of urgency," he told CNN, calling on Obama to take the kind of action President John F. Kennedy took in giving the Soviet Union an ultimatum during the Cuban missile crisis.

Noting that Obama has said that it would be unacceptable for Iran to possess nuclear weapons, Netanyahu said, "If you're determined to prevent Iran from getting nuclear weapons, it means you'll act before they get nuclear weapons."

Netanyahu argues he's not trying to inject himself in the U.S. race, suggesting the U.S. news media is trying to "drag" him into it.

Romney has said he'd chart his policy toward Israel, if elected, by studying everything Obama has said or done — and doing the exact opposite.

In one of several newly disclosed video clips taken secretly during a private fundraiser in May, Romney says: "The idea of pushing on the Israelis to give something up to get the Palestinians to act is the worst idea in the world...We have a potentially volatile solution but we sort of live with it and we kick the ball down the field and hope that ultimately, somehow, something will happen and resolve it."

Romney stood by his positions at a late Monday news conference although acknowledged he could have phrased his remarks better...

In campaign speeches, Romney frequently claims Obama has turned his back on Israel and is too soft on Iran.

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Editor's Note: While the mainstream, in-the-pocket media makes a big deal out of secretly videotaped comments Mr. Romney made to a core constituent audience, we point out that the substance of what Mr. Romney was trying to say is spot-on accurate. With regard to the Palestinians and peace, anyone who understands the concept of political plausible deniability understands that the Palestinians have been Janus-faced (two-faced) on the issue of peace since the beginning. One does not embrace Hamas, whose charter calls for the eradication of Israel and the slaughter of Jews, and pretend to be a "partner for peace." Please, read and understand the Islamist concept of al taqiyya and understand that it is being employed here.


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