Posted on 07/24/2009 9:58:12 PM PDT by Steelfish
JULY 24, 2009
The President Takes a Hard Line on Israel Yet he doesn’t want to be seen as ‘meddling’ in Iran.
By MACKUBIN THOMAS OWENS
In foreign policy, President Barack Obama has demonstrated a disturbing propensity to curry favor with our adversaries at the expense of our friends.
The Czechs and Poles are rightly concerned that they will be sacrificed on the altar of better U.S. relations with Russia. And the Israelis fear that the Obama administration’s desired opening to the Muslim world will be achieved at their expense. Mr. Obama’s attempted bullying of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is a case in point.
Mr. Netanyahu was sworn in as Israel’s prime minister on March 31. Shortly thereafter, the Obama administration confronted Israel’s new leader in a very public way regarding Israeli settlements in the West Bank, an area partially controlled by the Palestinian National Authority.
This was an extremely unusual way for an American president to greet the new leader of a liberal democracy that’s a close ally of the U.S.
The Obama administration was not satisfied with a series of understandings crafted by the Bush administration that, while not freezing settlements, had nonetheless achieved a significant reduction in settlement construction.
During a May press conference with the Egyptian foreign minister, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced that Mr. Obama “wants to see a stop to settlements—not some settlements, not outposts, not natural-growth exceptions.”
Subsequently, Mr. Obama demanded that Israel freeze construction in east Jerusalem. Of course, Mr. Netanyahu rejected Mr. Obama’s demand. He declared that Jerusalem is an open, undivided city “that has no separation according to religion or national affiliation.”
Mr. Netanyahu added that “we cannot accept the idea that Jews will not have the right to live and purchase in all parts of Jerusalem.”
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And the Israelis fear that the Obama administration’s desired opening to the Muslim world will be achieved at their expense.
BINGO!
I bet just as many vote for him next election too!
I have a lot of Jewish friends and they all voted for Obama. I have yet to see any buyer’s remorse. What gets me though is that some of them are not exactly fond for Israel. I just don’t get it.
What’s the big deal. Libtards are libtards. 90% of blacks voted for him and the dem party plantation owners.
“77% Jews Voted Obama”
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Yeah, well I guess they showed those Christian Republicans who wouldn’t let them in their country clubs back in the ‘50s.
EZ explanation. The younger generation of Jews don’t give a damn about Israel. They are mostly anti-war and anti-Bush Period. ‘Nuff said.
Could it be for the same reason most Democrat Catholics support pro abortion candidates?
Because they claim to be of a certain faith, but do not practice their religion faithfully?
Judaism is still waiting for the Messiah to appear.
Could it be that the ‘one’ is not “The One” they wanted?
Rude wake up call eh?
So if Iran or some other nation nukes Israel, they just won’t care?
Not really a hard lesson.
What US Jews vote for is $. They don’t really are about Zion.
They just don’t see it happening. 0 is a man of peace, pacifist in their eyes who will calm the mullahs and tame the Israeli right.
His middle name is Hussein.
I’m not in the least surprised, and anyone who is is mentally challenged.
Maybe someone can explain why so many Jewish people voted for Obama.
the jews living in america, don’t care about israel, they’re’ socialist first
I'm starting to think the winning platform for GOP in 2010... is IMPEACHMENT
“I bet just as many vote for him next election too!”
Which rather begs the question of whether American Jews really give a damn about Israel. I think I know what the answer is.
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