So which U.S. political party should the Israelis run to for help? During the 2004 Republican campaign, the Official Republican Platform promised to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel instead of Tel Aviv. Instead, Israel received the following treatment (links accessed and posted, some with quotations, long ago).
Bush on Israel: Heartburn for All
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1844641/posts
President Abbas asks Congress help to release PNA funds withheld by Israel
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1844647/posts
Bush releases money to Abbas
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1844646/posts
Rice: Better to have Hamas in power than in streets
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1733397/posts
Rice: Palestinians deserve to live free of ‘occupation’[at an event of pro-Palestinian group]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1717847/posts
US Supplies Fatah With Arms, Rice Decries “Occupation”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1718348/posts
Rice: Israel Must Withdraw from More than Gaza and Samaria
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1333354/posts
Disciples of Christ to Israel: Drop dead
http://209.157.64.201/focus/f-religion/1458942/posts
U.S. Presbyterians target five firms with Israel links
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1458765/posts
The Church Stares Into the Abyss (The dhimmitude of the Church of England)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1435084/posts
(Anti-Semitic) Anglican group urges Israel sanctions
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1430566/posts
Anglicans Call for Sanction on Investment in Israel to Uphold Justice
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1430772/posts
THE VATICAN AND THE STANDOFF AT THE CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY
http://www.jcpa.org/jl/vp515.htm
Two United Methodist gatherings urge selective divestment from Israel (official anti-Israel United Methodist Website)
http://www.umc.org/site/c.gjJTJbMUIuE/b.886089/k.A105/Two_United_Methodist_gatherings_urge_selective_divestment_from_Israel.htm
world council of churches (WCC)
church & ecumenical relations
http://www.wcc-coe.org/wcc/what/ecumenical/index-e.html "
Among those churches which are not members of the WCC, the most notable is the Roman Catholic Church (RCC). Since 1965 a Joint Working Group (JWG), co-sponsored by the WCC and the RCC, has met regularly to discuss issues of common interest and promote cooperation. The group meets annually. One of the church and ecumenical relations staff members serves as co-secretary for the JWG and helps to coordinate contact between the Council and the dicasteries of the Vatican through the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. [And] . . . Though the Roman Catholic Church is not a member of the WCC, it is a full member of the Faith & Order Commission. The RCC also serves the team on Mission & Evangelism in a consultative capacity."
President Bush Calls for New Palestinian Leadership
The Rose Garden
June 24,
2002http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/06/20020624-3.html "
The United States, the international donor community and the World Bank stand ready to work with Palestinians on a major project of economic reform and development. The United States, the EU, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund are willing to oversee reforms in Palestinian finances, encouraging transparency and independent auditing."
Quartet Joint Statement
Summary
July 16,
2002: Text of a joint statement issued by
the "Quartet" (United Nations, Russian Federation, the United States and the European Union) following their meeting in New York
[Document behind the link.]
http://europa-eu-un.org/articles/sk/article_1489_sk.htm "
The new international Task Force on Reform, which is comprised of representatives of the U.S., EU, UN Secretary General, Russia, Japan, Norway, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, and which works under the auspices of the Quartet, will strive to develop and implement a comprehensive action plan for reform."
...little more background material:
Rice: Israel Must Withdraw from More than Gaza and Samaria
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1333354/posts February 1, 2005
Bush and Sharon disagree over Israel's future Wednesday June 27,
2001http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,513410,00.html
Sharon presses Putin to drop UN resolution on road map
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1013908/posts 4 November 2003
Commencement Address at Boston College (Secretary Condoleezza Rice, Boston, Massachusetts, May 22, 2006.
US Department of State)
Excerpts:
As a student of a Catholic high school, the Sisters of Loretta taught me, I am pleased to be at an institution of higher education with such strong and celebrated Catholic and Jesuit traditions . . . You see, I got my Master's Degree at Notre Dame. (Boos.) I acquired a passion for the fighting Irish . . . and my family has been college educated and Presbyterian ever since. (Laughter and applause.) . . . I wandered into a course on international politics taught by a Czech refugee who specialized in Soviet studies, a man who had a daughter by the name of Madeleine Albright. With that one class, I was hooked. I discovered that my passion was Russia and all things Russian.
Democrats are hyper-regulating socialists. So are Republicans, especially in state and local levels of government. We Americans also have no political party to support.
You have it backwards: why should we Republicans continually reach out to Israel, show that we respect them, believe in and adamantly support their national right to exist as a sovereign state, etc, only to find that they after all of this overwhelmingly support Obama? I support Israel, but Repubs get back stabbed all of the time it seems: i.e. Where do most of the big bucks go to during election cycles be they 2 or 4 year ones: to Dems or Repubs?