Posted on 09/19/2012 8:25:24 PM PDT by Nachum
Israel's Right praises US Republican presidential candidate after he is filmed mocking Palestinian interest in peace; Peace Now: Romney, Netanyahu both backed by extremist coalition of evangelicals, Sheldon Adelson.
US Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney found himself in the heat of a decades-old political debate in Israel Wednesday after he was taped criticizing a proposed two-state solution and mocking the Palestinian interest in achieving peace with the Jewish state.
Romney’s comments at a Boca Raton fund-raiser about peace being “almost unthinkable to accomplish” were praised by the Israeli Right and residents of Judea and Samaria, and slammed by the Left.
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Problem remains that no matter who is president, the same permenanent apparatchik at the State Department will remain.
Yeah, not necessarily. He could cut the number of jobs there in half. I'll bet there are a lot of us here that would be able to fill those remaining positions competently.
Yes, the position is Scriptural- Israel is not to be divided.
Joel 3:1-2 “For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.”
We don’t want to be on the wrong side of this one...When the LORD pleads, get out of the way!
The Palestinians have turned down a 2-state solution how many times??
We will recognize a wise President and his appointment of a wise Secretary of State when these apparatchniks are suddenly assigned to Mogadishu, Dushanbe and the Cook Islands.
There IS a way to deal with such employees...
Comments from the Israeli community are overwhelmingly positive. I expect a big hurrah to come out of Jerusalem the day we kick the bum out of the Oval.
He’s known Bibi for years.
I trust him on Israel.
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