Posted on 05/02/2010 2:39:37 PM PDT by EternalVigilance
US [Alleged] President Barack Obama made clear in a recent letter to the Palestinians that he views Israel as the obstacle to peace and will approach further peace efforts from that point of view, according to senior Palestinian Authority officials.
Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat confirmed for the Bethlehem-based Ma'an news agency that such a letter was sent, and that in it Obama "clarified the US stance on the peace process and Israel's intransigence on the issue of settlements."
Erekat said that the letter contained several assurances to the Palestinians, but refused to go into detail.
A day earlier, London newspaper The Guardian reported on what one of those assurances may be - a proposal to start backing official UN condemnation of any and all Israeli "settlement activity."
Washington has traditionally used its veto power to block any UN resolutions that would put Israel in a difficult position vis-à-vis allowing Jews to build on their ancestral and biblical lands. If the US were to stop vetoing such resolutions, which would likely result in an increase in condemnation, Israel could be forced to implement an unofficial Jewish building freeze across the board and for an unlimited amount of time.
That report would seem to fit with the more vague account of assurances another Palestinian official said the letter contained.
PA secretary general Tayeb Abdel Rahim on Sunday told reporters that the letter made the usual commitments to an independent Palestinian state with territorial continuity. Rahim also said that Obama promised to start publicly assigning blame to those he sees holding up peace and to force Israel into indefinitely extending its temporary settlement freeze.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu implemented the 10-month freeze at the behest of Washington in order to test the Palestinians' readiness to return to the negotiating table. When it was first announced last November, US officials praised Netanyahu for taking "unprecedented" steps for peace. Now that it is clear the Palestinians are not going to respond in kind, the Obama administration appears to be blaming Netanyahu for not having done enough.
A list?
Is that you, Rahm?
What, pray tell, do you plan on doing with the list?
Why do I suspect I'd be on the side of those on the list?
If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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God bless and keep Israel and all who protect and defend her. Get ‘em, Judah.
In Christ’s Holy Name,
Amen
The JINO’s havent cared for quite some time it seems. Jewish Democrats are de facto sleeper agents and enemies of Israel.
A POX upon his house....
“Zechariah 12:3 And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.”
“Psalm 125:1-2 They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever! As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever!”
“Genesis 12:3 And I will bless them that bless thee and curse him that curseth thee; and in thee shall all nations of the earth be blessed.”
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God says you are wrong Obama.
But I thought that the complaining about Jerusalem “settlements” was a brand new objection? This man is evil.
But...he's attended church 4 whole times since he was annointed!
DumBO is the obstacle.
At some point, will he notice that while Israel might or might not have done “enough,” the Palis haven’t done ANYTHING?
I think it is possible there are many left wing liberal jews in America, who also believe Israel is to blame.
I doubt it.....for the vast majority of secular, humanist, socialist, liberal Jews in this country who voted 78% for 0bozo the commie pig. I imagine with this latest outrage by 0bozo, his Jewish support will plunge from 78% to oh, about 77%.
0bozo is black ( half black, the white half doesn't count according to his recently completed census) & he is a socialist demoRAT liberal actively seeking to destroy our country as well as Israel. What more can a liberal or demoRAT or liberal Jew ask for?
Obama is not the Antichrist...
The Bible says that the Antichrist will rise to power during the last 3 1/2 years of a 7 year period known as the Great Tribulation. At the end of that 7 years, Christ will return and dethrone him.... the America people will dethrone Obama in 2012.
The Bible says that the Antichrist will rise from a revived Roman Empire, out of Europe... Obama is currently helping shift power from here to there.
Southnsoul,
Not trying to turn this thread into a theological discussion but I gotta ask you if you believe in a PRE-Tribulation RAPTURE?
What’s your take on this?
Any Jewish person that votes for Obama is a fool he clearly sides with the Muslims against our allies.
If The Zero took the same stance about illegal Mexicans coming and settling in the US - we wouldn’t have half the illegal immigration problems we have now.
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