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Barack Backhands Bibi
Townhall.com ^ | December 27, 2016 | Pat Buchanan

Posted on 12/27/2016 5:54:37 AM PST by Kaslin

Did the community organizer from Harvard Law just deliver some personal payback to the IDF commando? So it would seem.

By abstaining on that Security Council resolution declaring Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem illegal and invalid, raged Bibi Netanyahu, President Obama "failed to protect Israel in this gang-up at the UN, and colluded with it."

Obama's people, charged Bibi, "initiated this resolution, stood behind it, coordinated on the wording and demanded that it be passed."

White House aide Ben Rhodes calls the charges "falsehoods."

Hence, we have an Israeli leader all but castigating an American president as a backstabber and betrayer, while the White House calls Bibi a liar.

This is not an unserious matter.

"By standing with the sworn enemies of Israel to enable the passage of this destructive, one-sided anti-Israel rant and tirade," writes the Washington Times, "Mr. Obama shows his colors."

But unfortunately for Israel, the blow was delivered by friends as well as "sworn enemies."

The U.S. abstained, but Britain, whose Balfour Declaration of 1917 led to the Jewish state in Palestine, voted for the resolution.

As did France, which allied with Israel in the Sinai-Suez campaign of 1956 to oust Egypt's Col. Nasser, and whose Mysteres were indispensable to Israel's victory in the Six-Day War of 1967.

Vladimir Putin, who has worked with Bibi and was rewarded with Israel's refusal to support sanctions on Russia for Crimea and Ukraine, also voted for the resolution.

Egypt, whose Gen. Abdel Fattah el-Sisi was welcomed by Bibi after his coup against the Muslim Brotherhood president, and who has collaborated with Bibi against terrorists in Sinai and Gaza, also voted yes.

China voted yes as did Ukraine. New Zealand and Senegal, both of which have embassies in Tel Aviv, introduced the resolution.

Despite Israel's confidential but deepening ties with Sunni Arab states that share her fear and loathing of Iran, not a single Security Council member stood by her and voted against condemning Israel's presence in Arab East Jerusalem and the Old City. Had the resolution gone before the General Assembly, support would have been close to unanimous.

While this changes exactly nothing on the ground in the West Bank or East Jerusalem where 600,000 Israelis now reside, it will have consequences, and few of them will be positive for Israel.

The resolution will stimulate and strengthen the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel, which has broad support among U.S. college students, Bernie Sanders Democrats and the international left.

If Israel does not cease expanding West Bank settlements, she could be hauled before the International Criminal Court and charged with war crimes.

Already, J Street, the liberal Jewish lobby that backs a two-state solution in Palestine -- and has been denounced by Donald Trump's new envoy to Israel David Friedman as "far worse than kapos," the Jewish guards at Nazi concentration camps -- has endorsed the resolution.

The successful resolution is also a reflection of eroding support for Israel at the top of the Democratic Party, as a two-term president and a presidential nominee, Secretary of State John Kerry, were both behind it.

Republicans are moving to exploit the opening by denouncing the resolution and the U.N. and showing solidarity with Israel. Goal: Replace the Democratic Party as the most reliable ally of Israel, and reap the rewards of an historic transfer of Jewish political allegiance.

That Sen. George McGovern was seen as pro-Palestinian enabled Richard Nixon to double his Jewish support between 1968 and 1972.

That Jimmy Carter was seen as cold to Israel enabled Ronald Reagan to capture more than a third of the Jewish vote in 1980, on his way to a 44-state landslide.

Moreover, U.S. acquiescence in this resolution puts Bibi in a box at home. Though seen here as a hawk on the settlements issue, the right wing of Bibi's coalition is far more hawkish, pushing for outright annexation of West Bank settlements. Others call for a repudiation of Oslo and the idea of an independent Palestinian state.

If Bibi halts settlement building on the West Bank, he could cause a split in his Cabinet with rightist rivals like Naftali Bennett who seek to replace him.

Here in the U.S., the U.N. resolution is seen by Democrats as a political debacle, and by many Trump Republicans as an opportunity.

Sen. Chuck Schumer has denounced Obama's refusal to veto the resolution, echoing sentiments about the world body one used to hear on America's far right.

"The U.N." said Schumer, "has been a fervently anti-Israel body since the days (it said) 'Zionism is racism' and that fervor has never diminished."

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says he will urge Congress to slash funding for the United Nations.

If the folks over at the John Birch Society still have some of those bumper stickers -- "Get the U.S. out of the U.N., and the U.N. out of the U.S.!" they might FedEx a batch over to Schumer and Graham.

May have some converts here.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Israel
KEYWORDS: arrogantpos; barack0bama; defundun; jstreet; obamaantiisrael; obamanetanyahu; unvote; uselessnations
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1 posted on 12/27/2016 5:54:37 AM PST by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

“White House aide Ben Rhodes calls the charges ‘falsehoods.’”

Oh please please please provoke Bibi to make public just a little of what the Mossad has on Obama.

Please!


2 posted on 12/27/2016 6:02:02 AM PST by Junk Silver (I have four words for Bill and Hillary Clinton to ponder: "Attorney General Jeff Sessions".)
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To: Kaslin

‘Republicans are moving to exploit the opening’

Ah yes, those evil Republicans, standing with Israel against so many countries.....including our own. That’s what I call exploitation! /s


3 posted on 12/27/2016 6:02:31 AM PST by originalbuckeye ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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To: Kaslin
Barack Backhands Bibi

Wouldn't Bibi love for obammy to actually try that face to face?

4 posted on 12/27/2016 6:03:35 AM PST by TangoLimaSierra (It's gonna be bloody.)
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To: Kaslin

Buchanan despises blacks and Jews, so he’s enjoying the situation. His hatred for Jews trumps his contempt for blacks this time.


5 posted on 12/27/2016 6:10:17 AM PST by nickedknack
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To: Kaslin

We just have to keep telling ourselves January is coming.

I swear there was no other vote I’ve ever made that was more important.


6 posted on 12/27/2016 6:11:00 AM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: Junk Silver

We all know all this administration does is lie.


7 posted on 12/27/2016 6:13:33 AM PST by VermithraxPejorative
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To: Kaslin

That’s what obama does is make back handed comments about anyone he disagrees.
He’s giving his “enenies” the finger
He thinks he is clever.
It seems to be most active during his vacations?


8 posted on 12/27/2016 6:15:23 AM PST by Leep (Stronger without her!)
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To: Kaslin
"By standing with the sworn enemies of Israel to enable the passage of this destructive, one-sided anti-Israel rant and tirade,""

Yeah, "sworn enemies of Israel" like Britain, France, New Zealand, etc.

9 posted on 12/27/2016 6:16:38 AM PST by Ethan Clive Osgoode (Potheads vote Dem.)
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To: Kaslin

O-hole couldn’t backhand anyone with that limp wrist.


10 posted on 12/27/2016 6:17:11 AM PST by Common Sense 101
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To: Kaslin

God will deal with O’Beelzebub.


11 posted on 12/27/2016 6:20:56 AM PST by Old Yeller (Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
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To: Farmer Dean
Bibi should unleash the Mossad.

You think that Israeli agents should kill Americans?

13 posted on 12/27/2016 6:28:55 AM PST by Ethan Clive Osgoode (Potheads vote Dem.)
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To: Ethan Clive Osgoode

You think that Israeli agents should kill Americans?

I’ll answer that....proven american citizens, NO.


14 posted on 12/27/2016 6:33:31 AM PST by Mouton (The insurrection laws maintain the status quo now.)
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To: Ethan Clive Osgoode

Err,no.And they wouldn’t be.


15 posted on 12/27/2016 6:37:31 AM PST by Farmer Dean (168 grains of instant conflict resolution)
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To: Farmer Dean
Err,no.And they wouldn’t be.

Wtf are you talking about? Who are the "they" that you want Mossad to assassinate?

16 posted on 12/27/2016 6:40:24 AM PST by Ethan Clive Osgoode (Potheads vote Dem.)
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To: Ethan Clive Osgoode

The “they” are the Mossad.


17 posted on 12/27/2016 6:43:55 AM PST by Farmer Dean (168 grains of instant conflict resolution)
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To: Ethan Clive Osgoode

The “they” are the Mossad.


18 posted on 12/27/2016 6:44:02 AM PST by Farmer Dean (168 grains of instant conflict resolution)
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To: Kaslin
If the folks over at the John Birch Society still have some of those bumper stickers — “Get the U.S. out of the U.N., and the U.N. out of the U.S.!” they might FedEx a batch over to Schumer and Graham.

What snarkiness out of Buchanan. One doesn't need to even know who the JBS is, in order to reject the UN as a world government. However, including Schumer in the line was nice!

19 posted on 12/27/2016 6:49:32 AM PST by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
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To: Ethan Clive Osgoode

Quote:

“You think that Israeli agents should kill Americans? “

Depends on the “American.”


20 posted on 12/27/2016 7:17:21 AM PST by TTFlyer
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