Posted on 06/19/2023 2:18:35 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel David M. Friedman said Thursday that it is "despicable" that U.S. President Joe Biden is refusing to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu since the latter's election in November...
Friedman was one of the most consequential ambassadors to Israel in U.S. history, playing a key role in forging the Abraham Accords, a series of peace agreements between Israel and several Arab states in the region.
Friedman blamed the leadership of the American Jewish community for the impasse as well, because it had joined the Israeli left in condemning Netanyahu's proposed judicial reforms, and had not criticized Biden.
In March, Biden declared that he would not meet with Netanyahu, even after the latter suspended his judicial reforms. Biden contradicted U.S. Ambassador Tom Nides, who had promised a meeting as an incentive.
Friedman also commented on the slowdown in peace talks in the region since former President Donald Trump left office, and the Biden administration tried to undo his legacy, refusing to say "Abraham Accords" at first.
While Biden accepted, eventually, that the Abraham Accords were a success, Friedman said that Biden was trying to force the Palestinian issue onto the signatories — even though they had been able to make peace precisely because they had moved beyond the Palestinians' grievances. Biden is trying to replace the Abraham Accords with the "Negev Summit," Friedman says, and emboldening Arab demands of Israel in the process.
He added that Biden had lost the opportunity to advance peace by showing solidarity with Arab countries against Iran, and that Arab nations were moving toward China because of perceptions of U.S. weakness.
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I’d prefer not to have a blowhard in the mold of Chris Christie as President, for sure. Tough talk does not always equal strong, either. Speak softly, and carry a big stick is still the true conservative mindset on this, I think.
You’re getting way off the topic of Presidents using their citizens as lab rats though. Ever heard Trump even mention the words “gain of function?” I’ve looked and looked, and don’t believe he ever has.
Your reply is both disrespectful and crude. The "goofy" hats to which you refer must be the Borsellino felt fedoras worn by most yeshivish Orthodox men or the sable schtreimels worn by Chassidim. They are part of customary garb for these men. By the likes of a crude and gutter dwelling creature like you, they might appear different from the ball caps and other common headwear in the general population, but they are considered distinguished and proper to us.
As for maligning our women, who live very modest lives, your comment about "BJ" and a gay gentile is beyond disgusting. These are not topics appropriate when discussing Orthodox women.
Trump was crude and gutter dwelling. Still he would meet with Netanyahu.
B.J. was Billy Jeff btw.
That's your opinion, unsubstantiated by fact. Your post remains crude, uncalled for, and disrespectful.
“So you don’t believe Trump loves America and the American people?”
Trump and Netty were (or are) naive concerning the Covid vaccine. But they are still far and away better choices as leaders than any leftist alternatives would be. Which is why the left has tried so hard to get rid of both of them. Let’s hope they both will come to the logical conclusion that the jab was a massive failure as a “preventative” measure....and will act accordingly.
Admit they were wrong? Unlikely. No one does that. It’s defeatist.
Yes, this is Obama’s second presidency.
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