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Does Obama Think Jerusalem is Outside Israel?
Arutz Sheva ^ | 23/5/11 | Gil Ronen

Posted on 05/23/2011 5:00:49 PM PDT by Eleutheria5

The United States State Department is standing behind the wording of an official statement that implied that Jerusalem – including its western parts - is not a part of Israel. Against the backdrop of President Barack Obama's speech calling on Israel to return to the 1949 Armistice lines, the statement's implications appear more alarming. The May 18 statement was cited in a Weekly Standard column by Eliot Abrams, a former foreign policy advisor for presidents Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush.

Abrams wrote:

“In what country is the Knesset?… [I]t seems that this question has stumped the State Department. It does not know or will not say what country the Knesset is in, nor—one must assume—does it know what country the Prime Minister’s Office, the Israel Museum, or especially the Western Wall are in.

He quotes a “remarkable” press release from the State Department about the travels of Deputy Secretary James Steinberg, which says:

Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg visits Israel, Jerusalem and the West Bank [our emphasis, ed.] May 18-19, 2011. In Israel, Deputy Secretary Steinberg met with Israeli academic and student leaders....

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“I suppose the poor benighted Israelis believed they were hosting Steinberg in their country when he visited government offices,” Abrams wrote sarcastically. “But he knew better. What makes this especially egregious is that Israeli government offices—where Mr. Steinberg would have had his official meetings—are actually in west Jerusalem, the portion Israel controlled even before 1967. Yet the Clinton State Department is apparently unwilling to call even that portion of the city ‘Israel.’”

(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 57states; cantfind; israel; jerusalem; statedept
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The UN and several presidents have long been pushing for Jerusalem to be declared an "international" city. This predates 1967, and only referred to West Jerusalem. It seems they were all OK with the destruction and desecration of the Mount of Olives Cemetery by Jordan, and using the Jewish Quarter of the Old City as a garbage dump.
1 posted on 05/23/2011 5:00:58 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
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To: Eleutheria5

Well, don’t most devout fundamentalist Muslims believe that? Why should he be different?


2 posted on 05/23/2011 5:08:29 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (How do you starve an Obama supporter? Hide his food stamps under his work boots.)
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To: Eleutheria5
Since Washington D.C. is considered being the most powerfull country in the world, I think we should give up the Washington Monument to the countries that wish us an ill fate.
Sh*t, why not give up Manhatten too.
3 posted on 05/23/2011 5:10:15 PM PDT by JimmyMc
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To: Eleutheria5

It all depends on where the teleprompter places it!


4 posted on 05/23/2011 5:17:12 PM PDT by b4its2late (Ignorance allows liberalism to prosper.)
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To: Eleutheria5
Does Obama Think Jerusalem is Outside Israel?
 
I seem to recall that he said something like that a couple of years ago when he was travelling around to the 57 states. But my memory is not what it once was

5 posted on 05/23/2011 5:47:57 PM PDT by Let_It_Be_So
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To: Eleutheria5

Maybe it is something he learned in Indonesia as a child.


6 posted on 05/23/2011 5:51:29 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both)
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7 posted on 05/23/2011 5:52:55 PM PDT by SJackson (Normal people don't sit cross-legged on the floor and bang on drums, WI State Sen Glenn Grothman (R))
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To: Eleutheria5

According to the fill in on Mark Levin’s radio show today the city of Jerusalem isn’t mentioned a single time in the Koran, so any supposed claims the Muslims have to it as a holy site are extremely limited, at best.


8 posted on 05/23/2011 6:42:23 PM PDT by Golden Eagle
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To: JimmyMc

Just give them Obama......please


9 posted on 05/23/2011 6:45:26 PM PDT by Never A Dull Moment
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To: Eleutheria5

They are trying to take Jerusalem away from the Jews and Israel..... probably in retaliation for Netanyahu standing up to them.

The fools in Washington are tempting G-D.


10 posted on 05/23/2011 6:49:46 PM PDT by Never A Dull Moment
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To: Never A Dull Moment

that never works out well - I’m waiting for a well-placed lightening strike in the middle of a sunny day - on live tv


11 posted on 05/23/2011 7:08:21 PM PDT by nolongerademocrat ("Before you ask G-d for something, first thank G-d for what you already have." B'rachot 30b)
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That would do nicely....and certainly make my day.

One did hit the WH about a month or 2 ago......there was a picture of it on one of the Israeli sites. If I remembered correctly, it happened when he refused to use the term “G-D”.........

He is so arrogant and filled with hubris, that he does not even see what any of this means.


12 posted on 05/23/2011 7:24:02 PM PDT by Never A Dull Moment
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To: Eleutheria5

Dear Leader - playing with fire and not only he will get burned but we will end up getting burned. Ask Joplin Missouri !


13 posted on 05/23/2011 7:42:28 PM PDT by CORedneck
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Thanks Eleutheria5.
The United States State Department is standing behind the wording of an official statement that implied that Jerusalem -- including its western parts -- is not a part of Israel... a "remarkable" press release from the State Department about the travels of Deputy Secretary James Steinberg, which says: 'Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg visits Israel, Jerusalem and the West Bank [our emphasis, ed.] May 18-19, 2011.'

14 posted on 05/23/2011 7:44:59 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Thanks Cincinna for this link -- http://www.friendsofitamar.org)
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To: Never A Dull Moment

Well, if it did happen, I don’t think anyone would have anything negative to say about it - it would be more a matter of - ooooooh, did you see that?


15 posted on 05/23/2011 7:45:40 PM PDT by nolongerademocrat ("Before you ask G-d for something, first thank G-d for what you already have." B'rachot 30b)
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To: Eleutheria5

O’Bozo can’t name the capital of Israel but he can recite The Islamic call to prayer in perfect Arabic.

I bet he knows the capital cities of all 57 Islamic states.


16 posted on 05/23/2011 7:55:45 PM PDT by Iron Munro (The purpose of fighting is to win. There is no possible victory in defense. -- John Steinbeck)
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To: Golden Eagle

Torah Observant Jews have prayed 3 times a day for thousands of years. In those prayers, Jerusalem is mentioned 12 times.

The Muslims do not really want the land- they just do not want Jews living there, let alone having any Jews alive. The Koran clearly commands them to kill us.

Now, what does that say about the kind of person Obama is?


17 posted on 05/23/2011 9:59:28 PM PDT by Never A Dull Moment
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To: Golden Eagle

I don’t know about Mark Levin, but Sura 17, Banai Israel, mentions Solomon’s Temple in Jerusalem, and prophesies the return of the Jews there after it was destroyed twice, and that it will be rebuilt a third and final time. See http://www.tabletmag.com/news-and-politics/28575/allah-is-a-zionist/


18 posted on 05/23/2011 10:03:19 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (End the occupation. Annex today.)
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To: CORedneck

Exactly........and the volcanic ash that put a damper on his trip to Ireland........

Every time someone does something to Israel.....something bad happens....


19 posted on 05/23/2011 10:04:01 PM PDT by Never A Dull Moment
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To: JimmyMc

Sure. It’d make a great Minaret, and the Capitol is just the right shape for the Mosque.


20 posted on 05/23/2011 10:05:03 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (End the occupation. Annex today.)
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