Posted on 03/16/2010 12:25:56 AM PDT by Track9
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration's fierce denunciation of Israel last week has ignited a firestorm in Congress and among powerful pro-Israel interest groups who say the criticism of America's top Mideast ally was misplaced.
Since the controversy erupted, a bipartisan parade of influential lawmakers and interest groups has taken aim at the administration's decision to publicly condemn Israel for its announcement of new Jewish housing in east Jerusalem while Vice President Joe Biden was visiting on Tuesday and then openly vent bitter frustration on Friday.
With diplomats from both countries referring to the situation as a crisis, the outpouring of anger in the United States, particularly from Capitol Hill, comes at a difficult time for the administration, which is now trying to win support from wary lawmakers - many of whom are up for re-election this year - for health care reform and other domestic issues.
And those criticizing the administration's unusually blunt response to Israel say they fear it may have distracted from and done damage to efforts to relaunch long-stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.
"It might be well if our friends in the administration and other places in the United States could start refocusing our efforts on the peace process," Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said Monday.
"Now we've had our spat. We've had our family fight, and it's time for us now to stop and get our eye back on the goal, which is the commencement of the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks," he said.
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I wish Obama would treat our enemies one-tenth as harshly as he treats our friends. This turd needs to be stopped before we lose all our friends! What a jerk.
The USA-hating Obama utterly destroys everything he touches: the economy, our space program, our loyalist alliances (UK, Israel, etc), healthcare, the banking system...
So far Bamkennedy has given US the biggest international salute... At the pace he is moving US to a heap, we are not going to have any influence over anybody around this globe.
bummer acting like a dummox. same old same old.
Worst president ever! And perhaps the last president, if he destroys the U.S.A. May G-d help us.
just a smoke screen...obama carried 78% of the Jewish voters and they will vote for him again no matter what. I dont understand it but thats just the way it is.....
Didn’t most Israelis back Obama?
Wonder if they miss all that “cowboy diplomacy” they so despised a few years ago.
the other way around. Americans living in Israel voted overwhelmingly for McCain.
Absolutely not. I believe like 75% think he's muslim. The one's I know, that is the old timers and non-bourgeois new rich crowed HATE the guy. Of course, it's a different story with American Jews.
Every Israeli Prime Mininster since Golda Meir has approved new settlements on the West Bank.
yitbos
LLS
He is probably down to 76%.
LLS
No one is impressed by the “ghetto rhetoric” by the effeminate Zero.
Obama’s approval in Israel is in single digits based on a number of polls. Google ‘Obama Approval in Israel’ and take your pick. And that was before this latest knife in the back from the ‘Smart Diplomacy’ crowd.
If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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Really?
AIPAC has finally noticed. They now say that "recent statements by the US Government are a matter of 'serious concern.'" (link, stories probably will change over time) Ooooh. Serious concern.
And right below this on their website they have links to two articles apparently praising Biden, and a lead-in to a story about Hillary (the Commodities Scam Queen), who just has such love for the Jewish State, being the featured speaker at their upcoming policy conference. Oh, the LIES we can expect. And some will believe them, just as others believed they were going to take showers.
ML/NJ
Obama has and will keep Jewish support. American Jews are mostly liberal, not mostly Jewish. They care more about liberal programs that about Israel.
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