by Wesley Pruden, Washington Times
This is the moment a certain number of a certain breed of Democrats have been waiting for. The latest outburst of bad feeling between Barack Obama and Benjamin Netanyahu can be the cover they seek for finally putting the Jews in their place.
First the president went to the Middle East to apologize to the Muslims for America being America, and couldn’t find the time for a stopover in Israel, America’s only true friend in the region. Then he dispatched Joe Biden, the vice president who says he is an “ardent Zionist,” to Jerusalem to try to mollify the Israelis with a cheap and sentimental love song with lyrics that nobody believes. The mission quickly blew up when the veep used the occasion to lecture the Israelis for building 1,600 new apartments for Jews in East Jerusalem, which the Palestinian bomb-throwers and their American apologists insist on calling “settlements.” Hillary Clinton, the secretary of state, followed up with some nasty remarks.
Then came Mr. Netanyahu’s long-scheduled visit to Washington, and things went from troubling to bad, and then to really bad. The Israeli prime minister, speaking to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the influential organization of American Jews, reminded everyone that “Jerusalem is not a settlement; it is our capital.” Israel’s enemies are real. “The ingathering of the Jewish people to Israel has not deterred these fanatics. In fact, it has only whetted their appetite. Iran’s rulers say, ‘Israel is a one-bomb country.’ The head of Hezbollah says, ‘If all the Jews gather in Israel, it will save us the trouble of going after them worldwide. …’ The future of the Jewish state can never depend on the good will of even the greatest of men. Israel must always reserve the right to defend itself.”
For this statement of fact, Mr. Netanyahu is rebuked as “defiant,” and accused of trying to drive a wedge between Mr. Obama, who wishes the Israelis wouldn’t be so beastly to the Palestinians, and Congress, which can, when propped up by angry constituents, sometimes do the right thing.
Democrats were once regarded as the best friends Israel had – Harry S. Truman, a Democratic president and a Southern Baptist, was the first head of state to recognize Israel – but now it’s the Republicans who are steadfast in support of the Jewish state. Says Rep. Mike Pence of Indiana, chairman of the House Republican Conference: “I never thought I’d live to see the day that an American administration would denounce the Jewish state of Israel for rebuilding Jerusalem.”
Some Democrats comfort themselves with the notion, understandable in the light of history, that American Jews will continue to vote Democratic no matter what Mr. Obama and his party do to undermine the Jewish state. The Israelis, under constant siege and occasional bombardment, are not so easily taken in. Benjamin Netanyahu’s brother-in-law was widely scolded after he told an Israeli radio interviewer that he thinks Mr. Obama is “an anti-Semite.” The prime minister distanced himself from the sentiment.
Accusations of anti-Semitism against the president are over the top, like the accusations of racism against anyone who sharply criticizes Mr. Obama, but it is true that Mr. Obama has sought the company of recognized anti-Semites in the past – a “milieu,” in the words of New Yorker magazine, “supposedly composed of incendiary preachers, black nationalists, fading Weathermen and … Palestinian intellectuals.” Mr. Obama has explained that while he did indeed submit his family to the moral guidance of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright and he sat through 20 years of the preacher’s Sunday-morning harangues about the perfidious Jews and other evil white folks, he never heard the anti-Semitic slights, thus establishing a mark, worthy of the Guinness Book of Records, of sleeping through more than a thousand sermons.
Benjamin Netanyahu is the bane of the Democrats, who only wish he would go away (or be taken away). He understands the stakes in the Middle East, and wastes no time on prissy talk over diplomatic teacups. “Throughout history,” he said, “the slanders against the Jewish people always preceded the physical assaults and were used to justify these assaults.”
This is the kind of rhetoric that warms and strengthens sensible and prudent men aware of the threat to their own extinction, but it upsets the tummies of certain Democrats secure behind the protection of other men. It makes their teeth itch. Better to think of bunnies, enjoy the music of little fairies and early spring flowers, and troubles will go away. Barack Obama insists he’s not like that, but a friend of Israel. Israel won’t long survive if has to depend on friends like him.
Considering all the problems; economy, health care plans, relations with our enemies and allies,etc. It would appear that our Christian??? president does
not know his Bible. It would appear he is doing everything in his power to bring our nation and its people under a curse and judgment. If we don’t come under judgment, it will only be because Christians have prayed and stayed the hand of God.
Excellent writing.
You judge a person by the company he keeps, president Obama set in “church” of a virulent Anti- Semitic anti white pastor for 20 years. A church which honored a rabid Muslim racist Farakhan, what is this all about?
Why is it all right to be a racist if you are black and it is not if you are white? Racism is racism, period. I have been personally exposed to both of them.
Mayor Koch seems to regret to have influenced Jews to vote for Obama, he is disappointed in his attitude towards Israel, like any self-respecting Jew would be. We proud Jews deeply resent the treatment of Israel’s Prime Minister by the president, he would not dare to treat the French, English the same way. Surprise , surprise, no self-respecting Jew will vote for for such an administration in the future. Instead doing something about nuclear Iran, Obama is attacking Israel the best friend the USA has in the middle East
The vast majority of U.S. citizens still support Israel. We love Israel. It is only the progressives that try to put a strain on Israel. The majority does not like what Obama has done to Israelis. We are ashamed and very sorry for his actions. We are working to defeat these people who are against you. We want to vote them all out of congress and replace them with Christians who have a ginuine respect of God’s Chosen People.
As a participant inWash DC’s AIPAC Conference, I can tell you that I was not at all impressed with Hillary Clinton either. I did not vote for Obama, despite his personal charm, because I do not agree with a lot of his ideas. I only hope that there were enough amendments to the health care plan, that perhaps Americans in general, will have a better plan. I also lobbied Emanuel Cleaver, Ike Skelton, Christopher Bond, Claire McCaskill and John McCain.
DO NOT FORGET OUR AMERICAN VETERANS. IMIGRATION MUST BE STOPPED FOR ALL ILLEGAL ALIENS…LET THEM APPLY THE RIGHT WAY.
INDIANS WITH MASTER’S DEGREES ARE TAKING OVER OUR BUILDING WORKING ON OUR IT SYSTEMS IN OUR BUILDING, WHILE WE HAVE RECORD UNEMPLOYMENT HERE. WHEN WILL AMERICANS STAND UP FOR AMERICANS?
I ALSO STOPPED IN COLLEEN KELLEY’S OFFICE. SHE IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE NTEU IN WASH DC. SHE IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE PRIME LITIGATOR IN THE ILLEGAL AND UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES AT USDA. I MAY MAIL JAMES HUTCHENS A COPY. AS A RETIRED BG, HE MAY HAVE SOME CLOUT WITH HE GOVERNMENT AND HASHEM AS WELL.
However, I do hope the Republican Party had better come up with something better than Sarah Palin. The comments she makes sound very ignorant, often lacking common sense. I may not vote at all if we have an Obama/Palin contest next time. She needs to go back to Alaska AND RAISE HER FAMILY TO HAVE MORE SENSE THAN SHE HAS.
I stand with ISRA’EL!!!! As far as obamacare is concerned, he has NEVER read the TORAH !!! nor looked to our JEWISH SAVIOR, YESHUA, and look at what is happening here in the united states…WEATHER, FLOODS, STORMS, AND EARTH QUAKES ALL OVER THE WORLD..MMMM…..THOSE WHO BLESS ISRA’EL WILL BE BLESSED, THOSE WHO CURSE ISRA’EL WILL BE CURESED !! PRAYING FOR ISRA’EL IS A MIDSVA (COMMANDMENT) OF OUR L-RD 0 when will we learn, the G-D is the only way.
Addressing the question of ‘Can Israel survive friends like us (BHO style)?
YES you can. Compared to your best Friend, the USA is nothing much more than a bump in the road. I fear that USA will soon be so poor, we will not be able to make the down payment on a Free lunch.
Stand Up Tall, beside your Protector, Michael. You survive, most of your enemy do not.
We must keep our President and other leaders in our prayers as God’s word instructs us. Our prayers and praises can save us yet. Yes, we must get God fearing leaders back into office and hold them all accountable first to God and then to us.
NO MATTER WHAT ANY ONE SAY’S OR DOES THE MARCH TO ARMAGEDDON MARCHES ON .AS THE TEN TRIBES ARE NOT LOST WE ARE ALL HERE…………… FROM THE CAUCAUS’ES TO PORTUGAL ,CANADA TO TIERRA DEL FUEGO……{ ISREAL] IS NOT AT THREAT NOR IN ANYONE’S HANDS BUT [GOD’S]………………………….!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!