Former New York Mayor Ed Koch: Obama is willing to 'throw Israel under a bus to please Muslims'

One of New York City’s most famous and influential Jews, former mayor Ed Koch, longtime Democrat — and longtime mayor (he governed New York for eleven years) — is showing distinct signs of buyer’s remorse. And anecdotal evidence gathered by him — and me in my sojourns around New York and New Jersey — suggest that Hiz Honor’s emotional trajectory is fairly representative of a growing disenchantment among Jews who voted for Obama.

The “falling out of love,” the term Mayor Koch used in an August commentary where he began expressing doubts, has been gradual. First there was the handling of the health care bill. Then the President’s failure to extract quid pro quos from Russia and China, then the “underwear bomber” affair. But it was Obama’s recent treatment of Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House (refusing to allow photographs, sequestering the world leader in a room and then leaving him there while he went to have dinner with his family with the instruction “call me if anything changes”) that seems to have pushed the rambunctious former mayor over a kind of edge.

Several days ago Koch, who is still a practising lawyer, caused a media stir by publishing a commentary titled “Never Again Should We Be Silent”. The essay, which declares that “President Obama’s abysmal attitude toward the state of Israel and his humiliating treatment of Prime Minister Netanyahu is shocking” was widely reproduced in other media. He received about 500 emails (overwhelmingly supportive of his point), and then there was the kicker, on April 1, (and, no it wasn’t an April Fool’s joke). He went on the Fox Business News network where he told host Neil Cavuto, “I believe the Obama administration is willing to throw Israel under the bus in order to please the Muslim nations.”

Thanks for posting that, nuvista. I am an evangelical Christian who loves Israel and the Jewish people and it perplexes me to no end that American Jews (and I suppose Israeli ones, too) will vote against their own best interests in such overwhelming numbers. I get so disgusted with them that I just want to say “to hell with them” at times. But then I read things like you just wrote above and it gives me hope.
I’m afraid things are going to have to get fearfully worse before many will change their voting habits. I’d like to think Ed Koch is a smart man but he sure could use some wising up and it may be too late.

"Again, I can’t explain it. I - and my philosophical brethren - do realize that the only force keeping Israel safe is the strong support given her by (primarily evangelical) Christian community in this country."

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27 The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.

28 Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob shall be upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew.

29 Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.

Deut 33:26-29 (KJV)

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One of New York City's most famous and influential Jews, former mayor Ed Koch, longtime Democrat -- and longtime mayor (he governed New York for eleven years) -- is showing distinct signs of buyer's remorse. And anecdotal evidence gathered by him -- and me in my sojourns around New York and New Jersey -- suggest that Hiz Honor's emotional trajectory is fairly representative of a growing disenchantment among Jews who voted for Obama. The "falling out of love," the term Mayor Koch used... has been gradual. First there was the handling of the health care bill. Then the President's failure to extract quid pro quos from Russia and China, then the "underwear bomber" affair. But it was Obama's recent treatment of Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House (refusing to allow photographs, sequestering the world leader in a room and then leaving him there while he went to have dinner with his family with the instruction "call me if anything changes") that seems to have pushed the rambunctious former mayor over a kind of edge.

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