Yoram Ettinger, the former Minister for Congressional Affairs to Israel's Embassy in Washington, says that President Obama is holding the Netanyahu-Abbas-Obama summit in order to continue “cutting the wings of the state of Israel”. Ettinger says that it’s time for significant pressure to prevent Prime Minister Netanyahu from giving in to more American demands “the big pressure from outside must be answered by pressure from those who believe in the importance of the Jewish settlement enterprise in Judea and Samaria”. Regarding the Obama addministartion, Ettinger believes that the U.S. Congress and the decline in public support for Obama are two elements that can be used in benefit of Israel.