Jerusalem - one city, undivided

LATE LAST WEEK, the Obama administration demanded that the Israeli government pull the plug on a planned housing development near the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of Jerusalem. The project, a 20-unit apartment complex, is indisputably legal. The property to be developed - a defunct hotel - was purchased in 1985, and the developer has obtained all the necessary municipal permits.

Why, then, does the administration want the development killed? Because Sheikh Jarrah is in a largely Arab section of Jerusalem, and the developers of the planned apartments are Jews. Think about that for a moment. Six months after Barack Obama became the first black man to move into the previously all-white residential facility at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, he is fighting to prevent integration in Jerusalem.

It is impossible to imagine the opposite scenario: The administration would never demand that Israel prevent Arabs from moving into a Jewish neighborhood. And the Obama Justice Department would unleash seven kinds of hell on anyone who tried to impose racial, ethnic, or religious redlining in an American city. In the 21st century, segregation is unthinkable - except, it seems, when it comes to housing Jews in Jerusalem.

It is not easy for Israel’s government to refuse any demand from the United States, which is the Jewish state’s foremost ally. To their credit, Israeli leaders spoke truth to power, and said no. “Jerusalem residents can purchase apartments anywhere in the city,’’ Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday. “There is no ban on Arabs buying apartments in the west of the city, and there is no ban on Jews building or buying in the city’s east. This is the policy of an open city.’’

If i remember well OBAMAO told to ISRAEL,during a trip in ISRAEL, BEFORE he was elected that JERUSALEM should remain the undivided ISRAEL’s capital...

Who believed in OBAMAO’s words? Who still believes in hese words? Who cares about OBAMAO’s words?

. . . [the United States] is was the Jewish state’s foremost ally . . .

Let's support wanna-be dictators who have been kicked out by a legitimate government following their constitution.

Let's cower before nuclear-minded military poseurs.

Let's fold on every high-sounding, support-garnering, posturing promise made to get elected.

Let's demand our allies cave in to racist malcontents who refuse every opportunity to participate in a legitimate government, betray every agreement, and use terrorism to advance their goals.

I am reminded of the bullies of school. They would talk a big game, retreat from any real challenge, take every opportunity to push around other kids when they felt no real threat to themselves, involve themselves in things that were none of their business, and join in with other bullies any time they could.

The bullies' "friends" could never be sure of their support, could never count on them to show courage in the face of danger, and never knew when the bully would turn on their own, either for sport or to save their own butt.

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