Posted on 10/06/2014 10:56:19 PM PDT by Nachum
Likud Central Committee Chairman Danny Danon on Monday weighed in on the spat between Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and US President Barack Obama's administration, warning that Israel cannot be bought.
The falling out focuses on a construction project to build 2,610 new homes in the Jewish Jerusalem neighborhood of Givat Hamatos, which while slated for construction since 2012 was only given final approval last week, opening the path for bids sometime in the future.
"President Obama is mistaken if he thinks American military aid, which is given for reasons of American strategic interests, buys him the right to dictate to Israel not to build in Jerusalem," stated Danon.
The statement comes in response to the US State Department's veiled threat in saying American defense systems, primarily the Iron Dome anti-missile system, was an "American value" in response to Netanyahu's words on Sunday.
According to Netanyahu, the criticism is "against the American values. And it doesn’t bode well for peace. The idea that we’d have this ethnic purification as a condition for peace, I think it’s anti-peace."
White House press secretary Josh Earnest went on the attack again on Monday, responding by saying "when it comes to American values, it’s American values that led to this country’s unwavering support of Israel. It’s American values that have led us to fund an Iron Dome system."
The choice to refer to American military support as a justification for criticism on a building project in a Jewish neighborhood in Israel's capital city may strike many as odd.
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Boys and girls... I believe we are about to find out about a 'new phase' in the Obama/Israel relationship.
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Barry! There are easier ways for you to get a Camel..................................to, ahem, ride.
Boys and girls... I believe we are about to find out about a ‘new phase’ in the Obama/Israel relationship.
Good or bad for US and Israel? Good or bad for the enemies of Amarica and Israel and Obama?
Israel, Obama is the serpent.
Israel, with The Lord ‘s help, has survived six years of the islam0azi-in-chief. She’ll make it another two years ( without, I believe, need of recourse to any of her far more powerful defense systems than anything O can send her or try to deprive her of). Basically, he’s irrelevant
The Peace plan is simple:Muslims OUT. The land belong to the Jews by Divine decree, which is immeasurably superior to any of the penny annie claims devised by the head cutters. And, for good measure, in regards to access, let’s return the favor to the keepers of Mecca: Jerusalem for Jews and Christians ONLY, for they have actual historical ties to the city. The claim that the head cutter-in-chief ever went there is as believable as the Hindu claim that monkeys built a bridge from mainland India to Sri Lanka.
Well, we do have that second blood moon Wednesday ...
Sukkot
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