Jah, I totally agree.
Posted on 04/20/2010 4:05:29 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
United States administration officials have voiced harsh criticism over advertisements in favor of Israel's position on Jerusalem that appeared in the U.S. press with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's encouragement. The authors of the most recent such advertisements were president of the World Jewish Congress Ronald Lauder and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Elie Wiesel. "All these advertisements are not a wise move," one senior American official told Haaretz.
In the advertisement, Wiesel said that for him as a Jew, "Jerusalem is above politics," and that "it is mentioned more than 600 times in Scripture - and not a single time in the Koran." Wiesel called to postpone discussion on Jerusalem until a later date, when there is an atmosphere of security allowing Israeli and Palestinian communities to find ways to live in peace.
The ongoing confrontation with the U.S. administration over construction in East Jerusalem was present in many of the comments made by senior Israeli officials during Independence Day.
Netanyahu himself said in an interview to ABC that freezing construction in the east of the city was an impossible demand, and refused to answer questions on the Israeli response to demands from Washington. Instead, he called on Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas to return to the negotiating table without preconditions.
(Excerpt) Read more at haaretz.com ...
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The battle lines have been drawn.
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Too much freedom of speech going on?
FUBO! Free speech even for the Jews!
The authors of the most recent such advertisements were president of the World Jewish Congress Ronald Lauder and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Elie Wiesel. "All these advertisements are not a wise move," one senior American official told Haaretz. In the advertisement, Wiesel said that for him as a Jew, "Jerusalem is above politics," and that "it is mentioned more than 600 times in Scripture - and not a single time in the Koran." Wiesel called to postpone discussion on Jerusalem until a later date, when there is an atmosphere of security allowing Israeli and Palestinian communities to find ways to live in peace. The ongoing confrontation with the U.S. administration......was started by Obama and his administration, and has continued because Obama and his administration wants it to continue. All these condemnations of advertisements are not a wise move. Thanks Mr. Mojo.
“these advertiesments are not a wise move”......?
Er, this is very creepy. It’s like having Vinnie the Weasel show up at your business and “remind” you that you’ve PO’d the mob...
The Chicago Mob to be more precise
Jah, I totally agree.
hey- its’ only kewl when the NYSlimes give the scum of the earth like moveon.org a nice big discount to defame a standing US General...remember General Betrayus???
the GOP should be JUMPING all over this hypocrisy...
Yep. Obama and Hillary Clinton’s State Department. Just as anti-Israel today as it was 50 years ago.
We have met the enemy and it is “us”.
#11 Mr. Mojo: Where did you find the picture of Robert Gibbs in uniform?
What a clueless traitorous ‘leadership’ we have to put up with.
Yeah, Gibbs cleans up real nice, don’t he?
Unfreakingbelievable. I’m sick to my stomach. Get these devils out of DC.
Did someone repeal the First Amendment while I was asleep?
I understand why someone working with the government wouldn’t have his name mentioned for bringing this up but simply stating “senior American official” doesn’t cut it.
At the very least an article needs to mention which department their source is with, Haaretz is a socialist owned paper with less creditably then the New York Times.
Really? Less than the NYT? That's hard to imagine...
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