Posted on 11/24/2014 2:33:14 PM PST by Nachum
The controversial Jewish State Law on Monday elicited a response from Washington.
Jeff Rathke, a spokesman for the State Department, did not condemn or denounce the law, but did say that "Israel is a Jewish and democratic state and all its citizens should enjoy equal rights. We expect Israel to stick to its democratic principles."
Earlier on Monday, the coalition decided to postpone by a week the Knesset plenum vote on two versions of the Jewish State bill, one of which was proposed by MK Ze'ev Elkin (Likud), and the other by MKs Ayelet Shaked (Jewish Home) and Robert Ilatov (Yisrael Beytenu).
The decision to defer the vote was reached after requests by Ilatov and Shaked.
The bill on Sunday passed a crucial cabinet vote, with 15 votes for and six against.
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Israel isn’t your little Bitch, Jeff.
Laughable that Obama — the ultimate disrespecter of the law — would resume to lecture.
U.S. expects Palestinians to stick to islamic murderous and rapist principles. Will reward same.
Are there EXEMPT in Israel, where some
are under the Law and others are scot-free,
like EXEMPT Congress?, EXEMPT SCOTUS?
and the EXEMPT crypto-Moslem, undocumented POTUS?
How about some Democratic Principles in the USA?
Israel to Obama:
FU
The U.S.A. nuked Japan for attacking us. Israel should nuke the Palestinians in kind. Do as we do, or did. It took the fight out of Japan. U.S. government under Obama is nothing but hypocrazy (intentional typo).
There. Fixed it.
“Unconditional Surrender”.
Worked twice.
Everything else is half-a$$ed.
I’ve read The Book and I know how this ends. The US is not in the the ending, and Israel wins.
when will the emperor accede to democratic (and constitutional!) principles in Amerika?
Emperor Obama expects Israel to adhere to principles that he wiped his derriere with.
And who are we to tell Israel what laws it can enact?
Have we told the Saudis that we expect them to embrace religious toleration and permit the building of churches?
How about equal rights for Christians in Yemen?
How about the same even in Jordan?
Do we even hint to these nations (and there are many more) about what we “expect” them to respect?
If not, why not?
Jeff Rathke, a spokesman for the State Department, did not condemn or denounce the law, but did say that "Israel is a Jewish and democratic state and all its citizens should enjoy equal rights. We expect Israel to stick to its democratic principles."This is not much here -- sounds more like, we don't see this as indicative of an abandonment of its democratic principles.
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