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Obama Takes on Israel with 'Tough Love'
Israel National News ^ | June 2, '09 | Avraham Zuroff

Posted on 06/02/2009 9:04:22 AM PDT by Avi Kane

U.S. President Barack Obama said ahead of his trip to the Middle East, that his country would not automatically agree to Israel’s policies and has taken a stricter definition of a freeze on settling towns in Judea and Samaria than his predecessor.

"I don't think we have to change strong support for Israel," Obama said in an interview with National Public Radio on Monday. "We do have to retain a constant belief in the possibilities of negotiations that will lead to peace," Obama said. "And that's going to require, from my view, a two-state solution."

(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bho44; bhomiddleeast; israel; netanyahu; obama; settlements
President Obama says that no "natural growth" of towns in Judea and Samaria would be allowed. Does this mean that Israelis can't build housing extensions, including patios and garages?
1 posted on 06/02/2009 9:04:22 AM PDT by Avi Kane
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To: Avi Kane

Stupid is as stupid does. We will pay dearly for his ineptitude.


2 posted on 06/02/2009 9:06:49 AM PDT by allmost
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To: Avi Kane
When considering his actions with the AH-64 Apaches and with recognizing a "legitmate need" for Iran's nuclear power mbitions, and thereby playing right into their mantra, Obama's "tough love" sounds an awful lot like a thinly sugar coated version of the "submit or die" message that his Islamic friends preach.

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3 posted on 06/02/2009 9:09:48 AM PDT by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: Avi Kane

If you want to projet that “no natural growth” thought out, If someone has a baby, somebody else has to leave. However, I think Obama would be open to offering free abortions. Had he not been shot, Tiller could have been Obana’s Population Ambassador to Judea and Samaria.


4 posted on 06/02/2009 9:10:04 AM PDT by tbpiper (How would you define a 'domestic enemy of the constitution'?)
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To: Avi Kane

Oh good grief.


5 posted on 06/02/2009 9:12:54 AM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote.)
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To: Avi Kane

If the Arabs put down their weapons, there will be peace.

If the Israelis put down their weapons, Israel will cease to exist.

One cannot bargain with the Devil, and the president, hapless man that he is, doesn’t know this.

If you want to make a bargain with the Devil, at least make sure that the hammer on your weapon is fully cocked and in sight. Otherwise, never mind.


6 posted on 06/02/2009 9:13:28 AM PDT by RexBeach ("Do your duty in all things." Robert E. Lee)
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To: Avi Kane

What a disgusting use of the term “tough love”. You don’t beat up your responsible child to help him understand and capitulate to his thieving brother.


7 posted on 06/02/2009 9:17:16 AM PDT by jimfree (Freep and ye shall find!)
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To: Avi Kane

Obama has no idea who he is dealing with.

Welcome to FreeRepublic, Avi Kane!

Feel FRee to make a donation....


8 posted on 06/02/2009 9:18:16 AM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
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To: Avi Kane

No natural growth decreed...gee, this sounds familiar:

From Exodus 1:

8 Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.

9 And he said unto his people: ‘Behold, the people of the children of Israel are too many and too mighty for us;

10 come, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there befalleth us any war, they also join themselves unto our enemies, and fight against us, and get them up out of the land.’

Nice work, Pharaohbama.


9 posted on 06/02/2009 9:25:16 AM PDT by Ancesthntr (Tyrant: "Spartans, lay down your weapons." Free man: "Persian, come and get them!")
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Obama has no idea who he is dealing with.

On the contrary, I have come to believe he knows EXACTLY what he is doing. He is evil, and there isn't a single politician to call a spade a spade and challenge him. As a variant to Michele's sentiments:

I am no longer proud of my country.

10 posted on 06/02/2009 9:33:18 AM PDT by Go Gordon
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To: Avi Kane

Where’s the LOVE?


11 posted on 06/02/2009 9:34:08 AM PDT by dalight
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To: jimfree

Disgusting also, that obama would be characterized as the adult, and Israel the child. He’s no more than an arrogant fool.


12 posted on 06/02/2009 9:44:13 AM PDT by Bluebird Singing
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To: Avi Kane

“Tough Love”. AKA Holocaust part II.


13 posted on 06/02/2009 9:44:38 AM PDT by Carl LaFong (Experts say experts should be ignored.)
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To: Avi Kane

God can use some tough love too, Barry.


14 posted on 06/02/2009 9:48:27 AM PDT by ReneeLynn (Socialism, it's the new black.)
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To: Avi Kane

If Obama keeps going the way he is, by the time he leaves office, Israel will have replaced us with China as its strategic military partner, and we will be much worse off for it. Israel is already building a new, strong relationship with India to replace its fading relationship with the newly-radicalized Turkey.


15 posted on 06/02/2009 10:14:01 AM PDT by FreepShop1
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To: Go Gordon

listen Fishing, Boating, Golf, the beach and a NASCAR fan, if your whole family lives in N.J. it is all the more reason to move south.
You go to say South or North Carolina or Florida and during the winter you’ll see them more than ever.


16 posted on 06/02/2009 12:30:12 PM PDT by Joe Boucher
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