Pro-Israel groups accuse Obama of promoting 'ethnic cleansing'

The Guardian ^ | Chris McGreal in Washington

[Wontsubmit]

Hardline pro-Israel groups in the US have been confronting President Barack Obama's demands for a halt to settlement expansion by accusing him of promoting the ethnic cleansing of Jews and jeopardising Israel's security.

Members of Congress allied with Israel and powerful lobby groups in Washington are also trying to shift the focus of administration policy from the Jewish settlements, arguing they are not an obstacle to peace, to demands for Arab governments to recognise Israel.

The strategy, intertwined with a similar campaign by Israeli politicians and officials, has taken on added urgency because of Obama's demands, first laid down during a testy meeting in May with the Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, that Israel freeze all settlement construction in the West Bank.

[Wontsubmit]

Elections have consequences ... Someone tell the North American Jews

[muawiyah]

One of the problems here is that Obama has close advisors who are Jews who appear to be followers of the Adolph Eichmann doctrine ~ that if there were no Jews then no one would mistake him for one.

People like that have no problem with ethnic cleansing, or killing, or whatever it takes to destroy Jews and Judaism.

[RAO1125]

I fail to understand why or how a US President has anymore authority to tell the Israeli government what they can do than the Israeli prime minister has to tell our government what to do. Everybody is always complaining about how much power Israel has over US policy, but that door swings both ways.

[BenLurkin]

[Outlaw Woman]

Let’s see if I have this correct:
The proportion of American Jews that voted for this guy was around 85%? Why are they upset?? (rhetorical)

[La Lydia]

Geez. No agenda there in that article. None whatsoever. s/

[Outlaw Woman]

One of the problems here is that Obama has close advisors who are Jews who appear to be followers of the Adolph Eichmann doctrine...”

Sort of mind boggling isn’t it? Maybe Israel can spare a few of their Mossad for us.

For the first time in my life today, I questioned my own belief system of supporting Jews without hesitation. With the display of the Emanuel brothers, and the Hollywood Jews and how much destruction they’ve done to our country and finally the 85% that voted for this tyrant it makes me wonder. Of course these are American Jews but still...

[muawiyah]

Eichmann, of course, wasn’t an American Jew either

[Outlaw Woman]

Umm yes I realize that. What an odd response.

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[justiceseeker93]

...the 85% that voted for this tyrant.

I don't know where you got that figure, but it somewhat exaggerated. The highest number I've seen is 78%, and that is probably overestimated due to poor statistical technique in exit polling. The intuitive guess would be something like 70%. The fact is that many of the Jewish Obama voters don't care much about Israel, if at all, and others were bamboozled or are simply addicted to the Democrat label. It should also be noted that American Jews abroad in Israel voted about 75% for McCAIN.

[Outlaw Woman]

I’ve heard most of all figures from what you quoted to what I have. But your figure is probably accurate. Well the Jewish population is in for a rude awakening here in america and if they thought Rahm Emanuel was an ally, they were sadly mistaken.