Posted on 10/02/2014 10:42:36 AM PDT by IsraelBeach
Obama Insults Jews In Netanyahu White House Meeting
By Joel Leyden
Israel News Agency
Washington, D.C. — October 2, 2014 … US President Barack Obama criticized Israel Prime Minister Netanyahu at the White House yesterday warning him not to proceed on “proposed settlements in a disputed part of east Jerusalem.” The White House then issued a press statement on “Israel settlements” hours after Obama met with Netanyahu.
The White House stated: “This development will only draw condemnation from the international community, (and) distance Israel from even its closest allies.”
Netanyahu, in an interview yesterday with Univision responded:
“This isn’t a settlement. These are neighborhoods in Jerusalem, the capital of Israel,” said Netanyahu.
“If you said to me that in some city in the United States or in Mexico, or anywhere else, Jews cannot buy apartments, there would be an uproar. You know, there’s not only the freedom of property, but the right of every individual to live where they want, as long as they purchase the apartment legally and don’t expropriate, don’t take over, which isn’t the case here. This was a free transaction.”
“So I just want to understand this policy. It flies in the face of American values, and it flies in the face of common sense.” (In his MSNBC interview, the Israel Prime Minister added that the criticism was leveled at a mixed neighborhood in which a large portion of the approved construction will be designated for Arab residents alongside Jewish residents.)
The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, the largest Orthodox Jewish umbrella organization in the US, strongly rejected statements made by White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest and State Department Spokesperson Jen Psaki with regard to Israeli plans for housing construction in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Givat HaMatos and Israeli Jews purchasing houses in the neighborhood of Silwan.
Commenting on these matters, Earnest stated: “This development [in Givat HaMatos] will only draw condemnation…” and “It also would call into question Israel’s ultimate commitment to a peaceful negotiated settlement with the Palestinians.” He further condemned “the recent occupation of residential buildings in the neighborhood of Silwan by people whose agenda provokes tensions, it only serves to escalate tensions.” Ms. Psaki stated: “This development will only draw condemnation from the international community, distance Israel from even its closest allies [and] poison the atmosphere…”
The Orthodox Union’s executive director for public policy Nathan Diament issued the following statement in response:
“We reject yesterday’s harsh statements by the Obama Administration. First, they suggest that the onus for the peace process impasse is upon Israel, when in fact it is decades of Palestinian and Arab rejectionism and incitement (such as that voiced by Palestinian President Abbas at the UN General Assembly last week) that “poisons the atmosphere” for peace. Israel has demonstrated its interest in peace, not merely through words but through deeds, time and again.
Second, suggesting that Jews residing in neighborhoods of Jerusalem—the historic capital of Israel and the Jewish people—is “provocative” is offensive. It is also fundamentally at odds with the notion that differences over Jerusalem are to be resolved in negotiations.
Finally, the implied threat that Jewish residences in Jerusalem will “distance Israel from even its closest ally”—i.e., the United States—is a resort to rhetoric which is entirely unacceptable.
We appreciate the constructive conversation President Obama had yesterday with Prime Minister Netanyahu and the President’s restatement of his “unshakable” commitment to Israel’s security, which has been manifested in many practical ways. Yesterday’s statements by Administration spokespeople run counter to such a useful and productive working relationship.”
Why did Netanyahu even go to the White House?
Also, where is "Jerusalem" in the Koran? I can't find it even once.
Thank you.
I am not sure that anyone is really surprised by all this. Anti-semitism has always infected the far-left in this country just as in Europe. And to be sure, the Democrats of today are very very far left.
Obola only supports his own version of social engineering-Section 8, Agenda 21, etc (not that Israelis building settlements on their own land is social engineering).
Obama has made no secret of his animosity toward Jews in general and Natanyahu in particular, while he has - quite literally - bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia.
This is one reason, among many others, why the Middle East policy of the United States is totally and hopelessly f*cked up - with the result that the region itself has never been more f*cked up.
But, then, Obama himself is our nation’s biggest and most glaring f*ck-up.
Maybe.....To see if they might use the front door for his visit this time?
He can say what he wants about the zero. Zero has no credibility left. All used up. He only has what’s let of a military
That's the problem, Ben. Liberals HATE THAT STUFF!....................
Dear Obuttboy,
You are a dismally stupid faggot, a half-breed Nazi and a traitor.
Worst regards,
Dr. Thorne
Indeed. Obama should be simply ignored. Its what every other world leader has figured out. Of course, Israel must keep up the pretense of respect and good relations.
What bothers me is - how did we ever get to the point where the USA feels it must micro-manage every Palestinian-Israel conflict and issue, to the point that the leader of the free world feels it necessary to discuss details of every housing development on the West Bank?? Its not just Obama - every President since Carter has played this stupid game. Its insane - and no resolution will ever come of it.
He knows he could nuke Israel and still get 75% of Jews to vote for him or Hitlery.
Pray America wakes
What is the story - are these traditionally Muslim-occupied neighborhoods?
Obama gets very irritated when he meets with Netanyahu. Netanyahu has this annoying habit of imposing reality and disrupting Obama’s comforting ,politically correct delusions.
We have had a revolution in this country, and we have an illegal alien Muslim terrorist agent of the Saudis serving as “president.”
No one in public office—or, indeed, public life more generally defined—will SAY that we are living under a revolutionary government, with an illegal alien as “president,” because they have ALL been corrupted with Saudi money, or they live in fear of ridicule.
Hussein plans to initiate violence against Americans sometime in the next two years, using the hordes of terrorists he has already brought and is bringing into the U.S. The Obama Flu and Obama Polio that are killing American children are also part of his plan, of course.
Yeah, but will Jews stop voting for someone who hates them?
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I stand with Israel!
And meanwhile Russia.....
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