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ADL 'shocked,' 'stunned' at White House's 'public dressing down of Israel'
thehill.com ^ | March 13, 2010 | Bridget Johnson

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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To: Artcore
Art baybeee, don't sound so terribly disingenuous. You undoubtedly know what kind of Presbyterian he's talking about. Hey, they go to the ELCA and Episcopal churches as well ~ bunch of Methodists belong to it even.

Yesterday we found the nun heading a lay Catholic hospital association is a member too!

81 posted on 03/14/2010 5:19:32 AM PDT by muawiyah ("Git Out The Way")
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To: Peter W. Kessler

“Obama would get 90% of the Jewish vote tomorrow, regardless.”

That’s not what my Jew-mail says.


82 posted on 03/14/2010 6:46:00 AM PDT by nolongerademocrat ("Before you ask G-d for something, first thank G-d for what you already have." B'rachot 30b)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Hey,these are *your* pals,ADL! Get used to it...or jump ship.
83 posted on 03/14/2010 10:33:32 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Host The Beer Summit-->Win The Nobel Peace Prize!)
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To: potlatch
RE: Cheney

LOL! ...I always liked that one!

...Does anyone really listed to Biden...?

     

84 posted on 03/14/2010 4:27:21 PM PDT by Seadog Bytes (OPM - The Liberal 'solution' to every societal problem. (Other People's Money))
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To: Seadog Bytes

[...Does anyone really listed to Biden...?]

Lol, maybe his jokes - because most of them are!
Good graphic SD.

Quiet, people posting elsewhere I think.


85 posted on 03/14/2010 5:11:00 PM PDT by potlatch (- What a co-inky-stink!)
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To: jessduntno

Flipping through a few articles at the same link/date such as the “Consensus that Obama won’t abandon them”, a rather vile bit on Sarah Palin, etc., I can see how the anti semetic team of Obama & Toon would believe taking out Israel would be a cakewalk.


86 posted on 03/15/2010 2:38:45 PM PDT by 4woodenboats (Joseph, gather up my cape, scepter and teleprompters, It's demonize industry week agin!)
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