US slams Israel over designating heritage sites

ynet ^ | Feb 25, 2010 | Associated Press

[Never A Dull Moment]

The Obama administration criticized Israel for designating two shrines on Palestinian territory as Israeli national heritage sites.

The criticism came as Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday she hopes long-stalled peace talks between Israelis and the Palestinians will resume. Clinton told a congressional committee that groundwork is being laid to restart the talks with the help of US envoy George Mitchell.

Toner said US displeasure with the designations of the Cave of the Patriarchs in the flash point town of Hebron and the traditional tomb of the biblical matriarch Rachel in Bethlehem had been conveyed to senior Israeli officials by American diplomats.

[DwFry]

“The Obama administration criticized Israel for designating two shrines on Palestinian territory as Israeli national heritage sites.”

In all fairness, its hard for to Obama to recognize a government that actually like its own people & culture enough to protect it.....so no wonder he mistook it for oppression.

[OB1kNOb]

Welcome to Free Republic.

[In Maryland]

This is outrageous.

It certainly is! How dare Abraham allow himself to be buried in land the Arabs were going to want 5000 years later! Some prophet! /sarcasm

[ZULU]

There were Jews at those sites when the only Arabs were those herding camels in the Arabian Deserts. There can be no greater disconnect between this Administration of social, moral and economic freaks and the mass of Americans, than their idiotic view of Israeli-Palestinian relations. The Palestinians HAVE a country - its called Jordan. They should ALL go there - or somewhere a lot hotter and take all their Muslim brothers with them.

[Carry_Okie]

There were Jews at those sites when the only Arabs were those herding camels in the Arabian Deserts.

Correction: There were Jews Hebrews at those sites when the only Arabs were those herding camels in the Arabian Deserts before there was any such thing as an Arab.

"Jews" are named after the tribe of Yehuda, son of Jacob, son of Yitzhak, son of Avraham. "Arabs" are descended from Ishmael, son of Avraham.

[mbarker12474]

The United States did no such thing. The homosexual muslim Maoist in the White Hut did.

America overwhelmingly supports Israel

If this were true, America would not have voted for Obama, and the leadership of Congress wouldn't be the freely elected Reid and Pelosi.

Your neighbors likely believe that Israelis and Palestinians are equal villains.

[Cinnamon Girl]

If the Cave of the Patriarchs and the Kever Rochel aren't Jewish heritage sites, what are? What are they then? Muslim heritage sites? Next Ozero will be saying Jews have no history in the land of Israel.... oh, wait a minute, maybe he already said that.

Israel's Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a special cabinet meeting in Tel Hai near the northern Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona February 21, 2010. The meeting was held at the site that has become a landmark of Jewish resistance, to commemorate last century's Jewish fighters led by Joseph Trumpeldor, who defended it from from Arab attackers on March 1, 1920.

This is the Bibi ping list.

[Moe Tzadik]

US now coordinating verbal attacks with Ahmadinijad...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2458877/posts

[PGR88]

Funny how Obama will apologize to the world for US “meddling” in Iran’s affairs — but he and Clinton don’t mind twisting Israel’s arm on how many settlements should be built and where, where Israel should or should not have memorials, what Govt offices can open in Jerusalem, etc....

[onedoug]

There is no so-called “palestine”, nor are there any so-called “palestinians” but for various conglomerations of predominantly islamist arabs who should rather be killed en masse, but which Israel, if seemingly but for the sake of Esau and Ishmael as for any other God forsaken reason, seems compelled to put up with.

[manc]

hey he’s slapped the UK in the face even though they give their blood in our wars helping us.
He’s turned on Poland and Czech
Israel too
columbia too

this man is an enemy of this country, just look at the justice dept which drops charges against black racist outside a polling booth, they go after Toyota and then they recruit lawyer a bunch of them who defended muslim terrorists

WTH IS THIS ABOUT EXCEPT HE LOOK TO TURN THIS COUNTRY UPSIDE DOWN

[AuntB]

“The Obama administration criticized Israel for designating two shrines on Palestinian territory as Israeli national heritage sites.”

Oh, the irony.

Obama certainly has no problem taking 90% of MY state to turn into ‘heritage sites’, national monuments, or whatever land grab the regime wishes to call it.

Obama Eyes Western Land for National Monuments, Angering Some

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2454899/posts

[Buggman]

Ever notice that every time a US politician messes around with Israel, their poll numbers start plummeting for apparently unreleated reasons? The current administration's bigotry may well be what saves us from their fascist agenda.

Shalom.

[SevenofNine]

I think Bibi should say to Obama

Hey Mr President don’t push me unless you want me sic the Mossad go after your Kenya birth certiciate

[ZULU]

O.K. O.K. Not all Hebrews were Jews, but all Jews were Hebrews and the current situation reflects the reality of my statement.

[chuck_the_tv_out]

ap headlie. use of “slam” irrelevent, designed to increase moment of item.