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Obama: U.S. Does Not Recognize 'Legitimacy of Continued Israeli Settlements'
Foxnews.com ^ | 09/23/09 | Staff

Posted on 09/23/2009 10:49:53 AM PDT by OldDeckHand

In declaring that it is time for Middle East peace "without preconditions," President Obama used his speech to the U.N. General Assembly Wednesday to fire a warning at Israel that "America does not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlements."

Obama's stark declaration, which drew applause, was coupled with a call for Palestinians to end their "incitement of Israel."

But it was the use of the U.N. forum to carry the settlement message to Israel that drew the most enthusiastic response on the floor -- and incredulous reaction outside its walls.

Obama just put Israel "on the chopping block," said former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. John Bolton.

Obama said he met Tuesday with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who was not in attendance at the speech, and agreed that the two have made some progress in both strengthening security and facilitating freedom of movement, which have allowed the economy in the West Bank to grow.

But more progress is needed, he said.

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To: OldDeckHand

And what, praytell, gives Obama or any other US official the right to tell a foreign nation what it should do? Everyone is worried about too much Israeli pull in US policy, I’m starting to think it’s the other way around.


161 posted on 09/23/2009 12:30:19 PM PDT by RAO1125 (Revolution's are for Marxists. We need a Constitutional Restoration)
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To: OldDeckHand
I recognize 'em.
162 posted on 09/23/2009 12:31:31 PM PDT by Recovering_Democrat
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To: OldDeckHand

And growing majority of Israelis do not recognize the “legitimacy” of Barry....


163 posted on 09/23/2009 12:33:09 PM PDT by cranked
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To: Mr. Mojo
Maybe he'll appoint Jimmuh Cah-tuh as the Palestine/Israeli Czar? Photobucket
164 posted on 09/23/2009 12:33:26 PM PDT by getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL (****************************Stop Continental Drift**)
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To: Bearshouse

You might be on to something there.....


165 posted on 09/23/2009 12:36:08 PM PDT by gop4lyf (Obama wants to raise taxes and kill babies. Palin wants to raise babies and kill taxes.)
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To: OldDeckHand


166 posted on 09/23/2009 12:36:41 PM PDT by BigFinn (Obamanation, Obamacide, then Obamaggedon.)
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To: pctech

It is frightening to watch. However, I don’t think we can say Obama is singlehandly doing this because unfortunately a lot of Americans voted for him. We know the saying, all it takes for evil to flourish is for good men to do nothing. Hopefully these tea parties are a sign that those days are finally over!!


167 posted on 09/23/2009 12:37:12 PM PDT by Lil Flower ("Without Love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing." St. Therese of Lisieux)
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To: OldDeckHand

“Those whom the gods wish to destroy, they first make mad.”
At the risk of sounding pagan, this is a profound statement. The world has gone mad.
What we are witnessing is a pandemic of insanity worse than any plague that ever came before.


168 posted on 09/23/2009 12:38:01 PM PDT by MestaMachine (One if by land, 2 if by sea, 3 if by Air Force 1.)
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To: wmfights
American Jewish culture is based on the memories of Jews who fled here from religious violence in East Europe and Russia.

Fear of organized groups motivated by other faiths is thus deeply ingrained. Add in contemporary notions of what is fashionable intellectually, and you get an indiscriminate mixture of revulsion and prejudice against Christians.

And let me tell you from personal experience, my "stiff necked" co-religionists are immune to fact and reason in this area.

169 posted on 09/23/2009 12:38:34 PM PDT by NativeNewYorker (Freepin' Jew Boy)
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To: boomop1

Yo!


170 posted on 09/23/2009 12:39:15 PM PDT by MindBender26 (Never kick leftists when they're down. Wait till they're half way back up. You get better leverage!)
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To: OldDeckHand

Yep. And they need to wake up and smell the roses.


171 posted on 09/23/2009 12:39:43 PM PDT by dools007
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To: XenaLee

I’m sure that’s true. Jews had a RIGHT to that land and they made the desert bloom. I was raised to LOVE Israel, and I always will.


172 posted on 09/23/2009 12:41:51 PM PDT by ichabod1 ( I am rolling over in my grave and I am not even dead yet.)
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To: NativeNewYorker
There is an interesting discussion about this socio-political phenomenon at Commentary Magazine.

Why are Jews Liberals

Regards!

173 posted on 09/23/2009 12:44:10 PM PDT by MNSlim
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To: ichabod1

This is a ping for me.

I love your tag line by the way.


174 posted on 09/23/2009 12:47:26 PM PDT by angcat ("I want to thank the Good Lord for making me a Yankee.")
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To: OldDeckHand

I can’t imagine how anyone who cares about Israel voted for Obama.

And many people question Obama’s legitimacy also. :)


175 posted on 09/23/2009 12:51:20 PM PDT by cvq3842 (I don't ask what my country can do for me - I ask my government to STOP doing things TO me!)
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To: OldDeckHand

“Good grief. Almost 75% of American Jews voted for him. “

That’s only if you define Ira Forman’s National “Jewish” “Democratic” Committee as Jewish.


176 posted on 09/23/2009 12:51:44 PM PDT by Winged Hussar (http://moveonpleasemoveon.blogspot.com/)
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To: OldDeckHand
I do not recognize the Legitimacy of King Obama!!!
FUBO
177 posted on 09/23/2009 12:55:04 PM PDT by geo40xyz (BE PREPARED: Geo The Engineer so smart, he doesn't need a TelePrompter to speak. Unlike the AH:-))
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To: ichabod1

You could build and inter-dimensional transporter to beam all of the Israeli’s and their settlement buildings into a parallel Earth where mankind doesn’t exist and the Palestinians would be blowing up the people who invented the transporter.


178 posted on 09/23/2009 12:57:18 PM PDT by GraceG
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To: OldDeckHand

Here’s what their response should be: “We don’t recongize US recognition as a requirement to defend our land!”


179 posted on 09/23/2009 12:58:50 PM PDT by RWB Patriot ("Need has never produced anything. It has only been an excuse to steal from those with ablity.")
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To: ABQHispConservative

You got that right. One of my friends works with a lot of Jewish people. She said they care more about far left social issues and they don’t really care what happens to Israel.


180 posted on 09/23/2009 12:59:38 PM PDT by mojitojoe (Socialism is just the last “feel good” step on the path to Communism and its slavery. Lenin)
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