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U.S. officials denounce pro-Israel advertisements in major newspapers
haaretz ^ | April 20, 2010 | Barak Ravid

Posted on 04/20/2010 4:05:29 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo

United States administration officials have voiced harsh criticism over advertisements in favor of Israel's position on Jerusalem that appeared in the U.S. press with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's encouragement. The authors of the most recent such advertisements were president of the World Jewish Congress Ronald Lauder and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Elie Wiesel. "All these advertisements are not a wise move," one senior American official told Haaretz.

In the advertisement, Wiesel said that for him as a Jew, "Jerusalem is above politics," and that "it is mentioned more than 600 times in Scripture - and not a single time in the Koran." Wiesel called to postpone discussion on Jerusalem until a later date, when there is an atmosphere of security allowing Israeli and Palestinian communities to find ways to live in peace.

The ongoing confrontation with the U.S. administration over construction in East Jerusalem was present in many of the comments made by senior Israeli officials during Independence Day.

Netanyahu himself said in an interview to ABC that freezing construction in the east of the city was an impossible demand, and refused to answer questions on the Israeli response to demands from Washington. Instead, he called on Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas to return to the negotiating table without preconditions.

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


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel
KEYWORDS: israel
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1 posted on 04/20/2010 4:05:29 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: Mr. Mojo; Jet Jaguar; NorwegianViking; ExTexasRedhead; HollyB; FromLori; ...

The list, ping


2 posted on 04/20/2010 4:07:45 PM PDT by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: Mr. Mojo

The battle lines have been drawn.


3 posted on 04/20/2010 4:08:41 PM PDT by AU72
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To: dennisw; Cachelot; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; Lent; GregB; ..
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4 posted on 04/20/2010 4:09:07 PM PDT by SJackson (Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel and it must remain undivided, Barack Hussein Obama)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Too much freedom of speech going on?


5 posted on 04/20/2010 4:09:54 PM PDT by GeronL (http://libertyfic.proboards.com)
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To: Mr. Mojo

FUBO! Free speech even for the Jews!


6 posted on 04/20/2010 4:10:50 PM PDT by nolongerademocrat ("Before you ask G-d for something, first thank G-d for what you already have." B'rachot 30b)
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To: AdmSmith; Berosus; bigheadfred; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; ...
The authors of the most recent such advertisements were president of the World Jewish Congress Ronald Lauder and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Elie Wiesel. "All these advertisements are not a wise move," one senior American official told Haaretz. In the advertisement, Wiesel said that for him as a Jew, "Jerusalem is above politics," and that "it is mentioned more than 600 times in Scripture - and not a single time in the Koran." Wiesel called to postpone discussion on Jerusalem until a later date, when there is an atmosphere of security allowing Israeli and Palestinian communities to find ways to live in peace. The ongoing confrontation with the U.S. administration...
...was started by Obama and his administration, and has continued because Obama and his administration wants it to continue. All these condemnations of advertisements are not a wise move. Thanks Mr. Mojo.
7 posted on 04/20/2010 4:12:21 PM PDT by SunkenCiv ("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
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“these advertiesments are not a wise move”......?

Er, this is very creepy. It’s like having Vinnie the Weasel show up at your business and “remind” you that you’ve PO’d the mob...


8 posted on 04/20/2010 4:17:34 PM PDT by livius
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The Chicago Mob to be more precise


10 posted on 04/20/2010 4:21:21 PM PDT by GeronL (http://libertyfic.proboards.com)
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Jah, I totally agree.

11 posted on 04/20/2010 4:21:21 PM PDT by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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hey- its’ only kewl when the NYSlimes give the scum of the earth like moveon.org a nice big discount to defame a standing US General...remember General Betrayus???

the GOP should be JUMPING all over this hypocrisy...


12 posted on 04/20/2010 4:34:01 PM PDT by God luvs America (When the silent majority speaks the earth trembles!)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Yep. Obama and Hillary Clinton’s State Department. Just as anti-Israel today as it was 50 years ago.

We have met the enemy and it is “us”.


13 posted on 04/20/2010 4:35:08 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten

#11 Mr. Mojo: Where did you find the picture of Robert Gibbs in uniform?


14 posted on 04/20/2010 4:36:07 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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What a clueless traitorous ‘leadership’ we have to put up with.


15 posted on 04/20/2010 4:36:30 PM PDT by Quix (BLOKES who got us where we R: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81)
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

Yeah, Gibbs cleans up real nice, don’t he?


16 posted on 04/20/2010 4:41:04 PM PDT by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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To: GeronL

Unfreakingbelievable. I’m sick to my stomach. Get these devils out of DC.


17 posted on 04/20/2010 5:01:54 PM PDT by little jeremiah
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To: Mr. Mojo

Did someone repeal the First Amendment while I was asleep?


18 posted on 04/20/2010 5:05:27 PM PDT by LiteKeeper ("It's the peoples' seat!")
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I understand why someone working with the government wouldn’t have his name mentioned for bringing this up but simply stating “senior American official” doesn’t cut it.

At the very least an article needs to mention which department their source is with, Haaretz is a socialist owned paper with less creditably then the New York Times.


19 posted on 04/20/2010 5:25:52 PM PDT by Raymann
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Haaretz is a socialist owned paper with less creditably then the New York Times.

Really? Less than the NYT? That's hard to imagine...

20 posted on 04/20/2010 5:34:24 PM PDT by okie01 (THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Ignorance on Parade)
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