Column One: Netanyahu, Obama’s newest prop

The Jerusalem Post ^ | 05/28/10 | Caroline Glick

[Never A Dull Moment]

Netanyahu must not permit Obama’s public relations campaign to divert him from this mission.

The Democratic Party is feeling the heat for US President Barack Obama’s hostility towards Israel. In an interview with Channel 10 earlier this month, Democratic Party mega-donor Haim Saban characterized the Obama administration as ideologically aligned with the radical Left and harshly criticized its treatment of Israel.

Both Ma’ariv and Yediot Aharonot reported this week that Democratic congressmen and senators are deeply concerned that the administration’s harsh treatment of Israel has convinced many American Jews not to contribute to their campaigns or to the Democratic Party ahead of November 2’s mid-term elections. They also fear that American Jews will vote for Republican challengers in large numbers.

It is these concerns, rather than a decision to alter his positions on Israel specifically and the Middle East generally, that now drive Obama’s relentless courtship of the American Jewish community. His latest move in this sphere was his sudden invitation to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to visit him at the White House for a “warm reception” in front of television cameras next Tuesday.

[Never A Dull Moment]

"The Democratic Party is feeling the heat for US President Barack Obama’s hostility towards Israel."

Feeling the heat, are they? May they all burn in Hell for it.

[jazminerose]

It’s never about doing the right thing. Everything is political with this administration.

Let’s pray that American Jews see through it this time.

[nmh]

“His latest move in this sphere was his sudden invitation to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to visit him at the White House for a “warm reception” in front of television cameras next Tuesday.”

LOL!

Last time he was here, Obama wouldn’t even have dinner with him. What a slap in the face.

[nmh]

“At the end of the day, American Jews have the luxury of choosing between their loyalty to the Democratic Party and their support for Israel. And in the coming months, they will choose.”

Benjamen Netanyahu is NO fool.

[Never A Dull Moment]

Worse than that- Netanyahu showed up to find he was not even permitted to enter the front door of the White House like Obama’s buddies- Muslim dictators. Netanyahu was required to enter through a side service door.

That insulting treatment was actually what opened the eyes of American Jews who backed Obama. It does not matter what Obama and the Democrats do. They lost the Majority of their Jewish supporters. We’re all going Republican (Thank G-D!).

[nmh]

I hope you are RIGHT!

My conservative Jewish GP, can NOT understand his ELFTIST relatives in California that are also in the medical profession - who are PLEASED with Obama’s shoddy performance. He is soooo ashamed of them. He doesn’t understand them.

[OldNavyVet]

Nothing opens Jewish eyes more than never-to-be-forgotten insults.

[bassmaner]

It does not matter what Obama and the Democrats do. They lost the Majority of their Jewish supporters.

Color me skeptical.

In this part of NJ where I work (Princeton), most Jews I know would vote for Hitler if he had a (D) next to his name.

[tessalu]

Many Christians see the insult to Netanyahu as an insult to them too. Obama has no idea of the hornets nest that he stirred up by the mistreatment of Netanyahu, who is held in high regard by many Christians. Netanyahu is a loved and honorable man, and much respected.

[autumnraine]

Obama’s best friends are Palestinians. That is KNOWN. So why did any Democrat think he would be anything but negative to Israel?

[Never A Dull Moment]

Because they are blind idiots.

[IM2MAD]

Bibi should invite BO to Isreal. Then there could be another “bowing to a foreign leader” photo op. NOT! Never happen.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Never A Dull Moment.

Netanyahu must not permit Obama's public relations campaign to divert him from this mission. The Democratic Party is feeling the heat for US President Barack Obama's hostility towards Israel.

Obama's latest prop is Rahm Emanuel, y'know, "let the Jew do it."

• Rahm Emanuel invites Netanyahu to discuss 'shared security interests' with Obama
• IDF gives Rahm Emanuel and family airborne tour of country
• Barack Obama invites Netanyahu for White House visit
• Activist calls (Rahm) Emanuel 'hater of Israel'
• Emanuel, son pray at W. Wall
• Rahm Emanuel heckled in Jerusalem...
• Rahm Emanuel Sheds Tear at Kotel
• Protestors Shout At Rahm Emanuel During Israel Visit (Video)

and:

• Answering Beinart's 'damning' indictment of the American Jewish establishment -- Peter Beinart's "The Failure of the American Jewish Establishment" in last week's New York Review of Books is an important piece... It will be widely quoted and pernicious in effect. Beinart begins with the results of focus groups conducted by pollster Frank Luntz with Jewish college students in 2003. In their discussions of Jewish identity, the subject of Israel never arose spontaneously, and when forced upon them, the students were careful to distinguish between themselves and Israelis." First and foremost, the students "reserve[d] the right to question the Israeli position." Second, "they desperately want peace." And third, "some empathize with the plight of the Palestinians."