Posted on 03/13/2010 6:16:47 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
The Anti-Defamation League said it was shocked at the Obama administration's "public dressing down" of Israel over its decision during Vice President Joe Biden's weeklong visit to move forward with the construction of 1,600 housing units in East Jerusalem.
The ADL took issue with State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley saying the move "undermined trust and confidence in the peace process, and in America's interests." Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton also called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday to express the administration's displeasure, and the rebuke continued today in an interview with Andrea Mitchell in which Clinton called Israel's actions "insulting."
On Tuesday, Biden had issued a statement saying "the substance and timing of the announcement, particularly with the launching of proximity talks, is precisely the kind of step that undermines the trust we need right now and runs counter to the constructive discussions that I’ve had here in Israel."
"We are shocked and stunned at the Administration's tone and public dressing down of Israel on the issue of future building in Jerusalem," ADL director Abraham Foxman said in a statement. "We cannot remember an instance when such harsh language was directed at a friend and ally of the United States. One can only wonder how far the U.S. is prepared to go in distancing itself from Israel in order to placate the Palestinians in the hope they see it is in their interest to return to the negotiating table."
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Israel ain’t seen nothing yet. This guy is dangerous.
"But we're gonna keep on voting for him and sending him all of our money."
(sarcasm - but accurate)
I know a couple of liberal Jews who fit your description perfectly.
They’re out there, for sure.
The further into Maobama's pres__entcy the more I fear that there will never be another NEXT TIME while I am alive.
God save the Republic.
Ping. If you already did not see it.
You sleep with the devil, you have to nurse his baby.
The only shocking part of this is that the ADL dared to say anything against Obama and a Democrat administration.
I’m betting by the middle of next week the ADL will retract their statement.
The list, ping
How come you ADL members aren’t smart enough to know who your friends are?
Israel had better get used to it. The US is going to turn on or at least stop defending Israel and then we’ll suffer the consequences.
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Good post potlatch
The white House is attacking Liz Cheney’s TV ad now as “McCarthyism”
Between Liz and her father and her mother -
I see bad results for Holder/Obama
I guess they never cracked open that “Jeremiah Wright’s Greatest Meltdowns” collector’s Blu-Ray set I sent them.
Oh yeah, I’ve seen their attacks on Liz.
Holder seems to be in some trouble too, lol -
“Attorney General Eric Holder failed to tell the Senate about seven legal briefs he signed when lawmakers considered his nomination to his current job, according to a letter released on Friday”
No disrespect intended. You know full well the battle going on within the church. Or at least you should. I remember how our church went over to the dark side. As have so many of the Presbyterian Churches. What I am saying is how the mainstream churches have gone over.
God speed and Blessings to your church for hanging on.
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Liz Cheney is very much like her dad
She is fearless, gets her facts right, and will not back down
And she can speak intelligently without teleprompters without stuttering, stumbling, forgetting what to say, or saying a trillion instead of several billion
Come to think of it - I am thinking that Present Obama’s “trillion saved by Obamacare” was really not a mistake - it was a trial balloon to see if the mindless morons out there will believe it!
I was hunting for an article about all the ‘savings’ Obama proclaims. It must be in an email I received. Lies and trickery. No COLAs for two years, cuts in Medicare. People just don't know.......
There will be a NEXT TIME, though the cartridge box, rather than the ballot box, might decide the issue.
Unfortunately you are all too correct. The US has a what I call “Jews in Food Only” and it does seem they are in the majority of the Jewish population.
If you delve into voting records of US Jews you’ll find the more Orthodox in beliefs and lifestyle the more Conservative; this is carried over into their voting patterns. Hasidic’s in particular are staunch Conservative/Republican voters.
Sadly there are way too many Jews in the US who have replaced the Torah, their religious traditions and beliefs with liberalism. It is not hard to find those who call themselves Jews but never go to Temple or keep the Sabbath. They may “celebrate” some of the High Holidays but even that turns into an opportunity for a family/friends dinner party.
I grew up with (my own mother) and know so many Jews whose entire connection to Judaism literally is eating bagels lox and cream cheese, white fish, hearing and cream sauce, chopped liver and matzo balls. While I am now a Christian having converted years ago, I follow more teachings of the Torah then most of the Jews I know including those in my own family.
The Torah, God’s teachings, traditional family values and Orthodoxy keep getting pushed further down in importance as liberalism consumes another generation of Jews.
I honestly can not figure out why this continual descent into liberalism keeps happening. Obama has never hidden his dislike of Israel and Jews in general. Biden isn’t much better. Hillary was quoted more than a few times making disparaging remarks about and directly at Jews. Maybe someone else can answer what we all want to know, why?
God forbid it would take Iran dropping a nuke on Israel to wake up American Jews.
That IS the picture.
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