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Obama refuses to renew 40-year-old emergency oil supply pact with Israel
Pamela Geller ^ | 3/15/15

Posted on 03/16/2015 5:31:14 PM PDT by Nachum

Anyone who still believes Obama is not an antisemite is either antisemitic himself or has eaten an overabundance of mushrooms.

“US fails to renew emergency oil supply pact with Israel,“ Globes.co.il, March 16, 2015 The agreement guaranteeing Israel’s oil supplies in wartime was first signed in 1975.

The US has not renewed a historic agreement under which it guaranteed a supply of oil to Israel in emergencies, that is, instances in which Israel might be cut off from its regular commercial sources of oil because of war or closure of sea lanes. The agreement expired in November 2014, and since then the US administration has done nothing to renew it, Washington sources told “Globes”.

The sources said that it was not clear whether this was a deliberate step by the administration, stemming perhaps from renewed friction between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the White House, or a matter of bureaucratic inertia in Washington.

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


TOPICS: Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 1975; 201411; 201503; 20150315; emergency; emergencyoil; energy; israel; obama; obamaantiisrael; obamaisrael; obamanetanyahu; oil; oilpact
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To: Nachum

They will need to go to an exchange and buy oil and not worry about the United States and Obama.


41 posted on 03/16/2015 6:47:24 PM PDT by Oliviaforever
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To: Regal
I listened to Levin this evening and he said that Obama is not anti-semitic, but that he hates Israel. Levin pointed out that liberal American Jews loved Obama and he loves them. Hair splitting that surprised me coming from Levin.

There are a number of Jews in his administration. Jacob Lew is an orthodox Jew. Rahm Emanuel and David Axelrod are Jews. But his association with Jews does not stop him from endangering the Jews of Israel with his policies and later by proxy, endangering Jews everywhere else. His like of Jews extends only to those who do his bidding, everyone else gets the short end of the stick- IMHO.

42 posted on 03/16/2015 6:48:17 PM PDT by Nachum (Obamacare: It's. The. Flaw.)
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To: Monkey Face

Zero is an uneducated idiot.


No, he is pure Evil.


43 posted on 03/16/2015 6:50:34 PM PDT by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: laplata

That too.


44 posted on 03/16/2015 6:51:41 PM PDT by Monkey Face (So if a redhead goes crazy, is it called Ginger snaps?)
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To: Pox

It is an agreement that has never been invoked by Israel.

Israel buys all the oil they need on the open market.


45 posted on 03/16/2015 6:56:36 PM PDT by Oliviaforever
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To: Nachum

Almost unnoticed, Obama has purged almost all of the high-profile Jews from his inner circle. Only Lew and a few money guys are left, and it’s not clear they’re even insiders anymore.

Axelrod, Emanuel, Plouffe, Orszag, Summers, Dennis Ross; all gone.


46 posted on 03/16/2015 6:57:14 PM PDT by hlmencken3 (I paid for an argument, but you're just contradicting!)
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To: hlmencken3

Emanuel left to become Mayor of Chicago. The rest were on their way out anyway and have been ‘rewarded’ with high paying jobs. I still don’t see it as hatred. They aren’t destroying them and and as far as I can see they are still working for Obamatron, just informally.

You can call it a ‘purge’, I don’t see it that way- at least not yet.


47 posted on 03/16/2015 7:12:47 PM PDT by Nachum (Obamacare: It's. The. Flaw.)
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To: chajin

PS Please do not deal with us as if we all made the decisions against Israel,many of us did not choose this “Pharaoh.” We do not desire to hurt your people.

Also, please allow the man who loves Israel to win.


48 posted on 03/16/2015 7:12:51 PM PDT by madison10
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To: Nachum
EVERYTHING obama does either:
a) Weakens America/Americans
b) Distances America's allies
c) Strengthens America's enemies
d) Serves Islam
e) Harms Israel
Or some combination of the above.
There are NO counter examples.
49 posted on 03/16/2015 7:15:43 PM PDT by null and void (Obama has received so many Pinocchios Valerie Jarret's secret service code name is Geppetto.)
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To: Nachum

Axelrod’s book indicates they mostly lost in power struggles with Jarrett, Rahm especially.


50 posted on 03/16/2015 7:15:53 PM PDT by hlmencken3 (I paid for an argument, but you're just contradicting!)
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To: chajin

Amen.


51 posted on 03/16/2015 7:19:17 PM PDT by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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To: hlmencken3
Axelrod’s book indicates they mostly lost in power struggles with Jarrett, Rahm especially.

Lots of infighting between these thieves. Communists always eat their own.

52 posted on 03/16/2015 7:19:55 PM PDT by Nachum (Obamacare: It's. The. Flaw.)
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To: Nachum

Grey’s Law: “Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice.”
—Ref: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HanlonsRazor


53 posted on 03/16/2015 7:24:31 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("Just Friends" - http://youtu.be/rznoQbzlO2s [Warning: NSFW])
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To: Oliviaforever
Invoked or not over the lifetime of the agreement is a moot point.

Having a reliable supply in time of desperate need is an invaluable asset that is only called upon when there is no other choice.

To belittle this development due to the fact that it has not yet needed to be invoked is absurd. There is a good reason for such an arrangement, and an absolutely despicable agenda that seeks to remove such a guarantee of a necessary volatile when it is needed most.

The next agreement would logically be, from the standpoint of our marxist administration, to remove the guarantee of material support (Ammunition, etc) whenever hostilities break out between Israel and any other adversary.

Honestly, cannot most people easily see where this is leading?

54 posted on 03/16/2015 7:29:00 PM PDT by Pox (Good Night. I expect more respect tomorrow.)
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To: Pox

I do not disagree with your view, but simply pointing out that Israel does not need Obama’s help to buy oil.


55 posted on 03/16/2015 7:30:49 PM PDT by Oliviaforever
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To: Oliviaforever
While peace reigns, that point is valid. If the bulk of ME countries decide to boycott Israel in a time of all out war, where does Israel turn for a vital resource? They can no longer depend upon the US for this resource (unless our marxist administration is pressured to rescind this decision), and they will not be able to continue a war effort for an extended period of time when this resource is most needed.

This has nothing to do with the ability to procure petroleum during “normal” circumstances, and the agreement that has not been renewed applies directly to the sceario concerning need when Israel is unable to procure petroleum when it needs it desperately.

This is a very bad development for the security of Israel, and to deny such is absurd. Such a development, if it continues, is basically a statement that the US will turn its back on Israel when Israel's existence is on the line.

56 posted on 03/16/2015 7:42:07 PM PDT by Pox (Good Night. I expect more respect tomorrow.)
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To: Pox

Oil is typically not purchased directly from an oil producing country, but on an exchange where the source of the oil purchased is unknown and the seller has little say in who buys on the exchange.


57 posted on 03/16/2015 7:46:31 PM PDT by Oliviaforever
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To: Oliviaforever

You are dispensing useless knowledge that ignores the point of my post.


58 posted on 03/16/2015 7:50:39 PM PDT by Pox (Good Night. I expect more respect tomorrow.)
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To: Pox

The agreement should be keep in place. However, markets have changed since 1974 and Israel can take care of itself.


59 posted on 03/16/2015 7:53:25 PM PDT by Oliviaforever
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To: Nachum

Israel will probably have an oil boom. The little snake’s temper tantrum will mean nothing.


60 posted on 03/16/2015 7:57:27 PM PDT by madison10
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