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Israel recoils as US backs nuclear move
Google News ^ | 30 May, 2010 | Marius Schattner

Posted on 05/30/2010 2:15:53 PM PDT by Ben Mugged

Washington's unprecedented backing for a UN resolution for a nuclear-free Middle East that singles out Israel has both angered and deeply worried the Jewish state although officials are cagey about openly criticising their biggest ally.

The resolution adopted by the United Nations on Friday calls on Israel to join the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and urges it to open its facilities to inspection.

It also calls for a regional conference in 2012 to advance the goal of a nuclear-free Middle East.

Israel is widely believed to be the only nuclear power in the Middle East, with around 200 warheads, but has maintained a policy of deliberate ambiguity about its capabilities since the mid-1960s.

The document, which singles out Israel but makes no mention of Iran's controversial nuclear programme, drew a furious reaction from the Jewish state who decried it as "deeply flawed and hypocritical."

But it was US backing for the resolution which has caused the most consternation among Israeli officials and commentators, who interpreted the move as "a resounding slap around the face" which has dealt a very public blow to Israel's long-accepted policy of nuclear ambiguity.

Publicly, the Israel government has not criticised the US position but privately, officials expressed deep disappointment over the resolution, which Washington backed despite intensive Israeli efforts to block it.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Israel
KEYWORDS: bhofascism; bhoislamism; democrats; israel; nukes; obama
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To: Ben Mugged; administrator; Freee-dame

This deserves to be in Breaking News.

It happened on the Friday before Memorial Day, no coincidence! There was no mention of it on any “news” show yesterday, as far as I know.

Every American needs to know that Obama is throwing every Israeli under the Iranian bus.


41 posted on 05/31/2010 4:48:36 AM PDT by maica (Freedom consists not in doing what we like,but in having the right to do what we ought. John Paul II)
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To: fish hawk
Hey you lefty Jews, how’s that hope and change working out for you now?

You're wasting your breath. They're to selfish to care.

42 posted on 05/31/2010 4:44:58 PM PDT by Rockitz (This isn't rocket science- follow the money and you'll find truth.)
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To: Ben Mugged

Israel will never submit to the UN on this issue.


43 posted on 05/31/2010 5:00:52 PM PDT by camp_steveo
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To: Ben Mugged

Unfortunately for leftist Jews n this country it is more important to be leftist than anything else. White leftists have taken on a nihilistic suicidal philosophy that can only end in their liquidation. Unfortunately they want the rest of us to join them as well.


44 posted on 05/31/2010 5:02:25 PM PDT by Cacique (quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat ( Islamia Delenda Est ))
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To: Ben Mugged

This is totally outrageous, but we knew it would happen.


45 posted on 05/31/2010 5:16:09 PM PDT by savedbygrace (Rev 22:20 He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord)
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To: Ben Mugged

I work with a Jewish woman who is a very committed ObaMao supporter. She and her family are taking a trip of a lifetime to Israel wihin the next couple weeks. I wonder if her ardor for ObaMao will cool after she hears first hand what damage he has done to Israel. Probably not, though, as she is a devout lefty.


46 posted on 05/31/2010 5:54:26 PM PDT by ought-six ( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: Fantasywriter

“I think he’s unquestionably an anti-Semite. How else to explain Jeremiah Wright?”

I don’t think there is any doubt he is an anti-Semite.


47 posted on 05/31/2010 5:56:26 PM PDT by ought-six ( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: StopObama2012

“Did you nuke the jews yet, Daddy?”


48 posted on 05/31/2010 6:01:15 PM PDT by AdamBomb
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To: jimbo123

I honestly don’t think they will let Dinner Jacket off his leash. If/when Ahmanutjob tosses his one, Isreal will retliate. No more muzzies.


49 posted on 05/31/2010 6:03:12 PM PDT by rickb308 (Muslims need to check with Native Americans & ask how that whole cowboys & indians thing worked out.)
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To: ought-six

“I don’t think there is any doubt he is an anti-Semite.”

Fortunately, support for Israel is very strong in the US. Whenever Obama’s anti-Semitism has started to spill over into policy he’s had to do damage control. If he tries anything really overt, he will anger the almost the entire evangelical community. That is a fight he doesn’t want to pick.


50 posted on 05/31/2010 6:10:45 PM PDT by Fantasywriter
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To: rightwingjew

LOL. Come on, tell us how you really feel!


51 posted on 05/31/2010 6:20:09 PM PDT by oneolcop (Lead, Follow or Get the Hell Out of the Way!)
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To: Salem; P-Marlowe; Buggman; XeniaSt

ping


52 posted on 05/31/2010 6:20:20 PM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and proud of it. Those who truly support our troops pray for their victory!)
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To: Ben Mugged

Obama is your enemy, not the citizens of The United States.


53 posted on 05/31/2010 6:21:29 PM PDT by gathersnomoss
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To: AdamBomb

“Did you nuke the jews yet, Daddy?”

Brilliant, hahaaaa.


54 posted on 05/31/2010 6:22:19 PM PDT by StopObama2012 (CLICK ME to expose Osaudi)
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To: Fantasywriter
I think he’s unquestionably an anti-Semite. How else to explain Jeremiah Wright?

Anyone who doesn't understand that Obama is anti-Semitic is dead stupid.

55 posted on 05/31/2010 6:29:42 PM PDT by TheThinker (Communists: taking over the world one kooky doomsday scenerio at a time.)
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To: StopObama2012
Eliminating Israel is the “crown jewel” of being a dirty moslem. Omoslem wants bragging rights for either: #1 Dismantling Israel so it’s no longer on the map. or #2 Opening the door so Iran can wipe Israel off the map.

Obama's first speech was to the Muslim world. He admitted he was a Muslim but that was supposed to be a slip of the tongue. He also said that the Muslim Call to Prayer was the prettiest sound on Earth. You would have to be braindead to not believe Obama is a Muslim.

Any Muslim that defeats Israel would sit pretty with the ME.

Imagine the power of a man who straddled the two most significant modern world powers: America and Islam.

56 posted on 05/31/2010 6:37:08 PM PDT by TheThinker (Communists: taking over the world one kooky doomsday scenerio at a time.)
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To: DrC

Exactly!

When Obama says he wants a “nuclear-free Middle East,” what he means is he wants a nuclear-free Israel. Iran can do as they please, in Obama’s demented world.


57 posted on 05/31/2010 7:44:17 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (I'm voting for Sarah Palin because she pisses off the right people.)
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To: xzins; P-Marlowe; Buggman; XeniaSt
8 years of GOP hubris and recklessness made Obama inevitable. Fortunately at Free Republic we and the Tea Party nation are running out the RINOs and frauds.

Until then we yield to the Lord's sovereignty.

"...This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men." Daniel 4:17

Trials in patience, trials in perseverance, as we and our Jewish friends endure the Democrats failure of ideas.

58 posted on 05/31/2010 8:02:42 PM PDT by Salem (FREE REPUBLIC - Fighting to win within the Arena of the War of Ideas! So get in the fight!)
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To: Ben Mugged

Israel must survive long enough for us to rid ourselves of the LIEberal/Socialsi/Marxist/FAscist Bastards who have taken over our government.

Hang tough, Israel. Help will not be on the way until January, 2013.

Is it 2012 yet?


59 posted on 05/31/2010 8:07:18 PM PDT by Taxman (So that the beautiful pressure does not diminish!)
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To: Ben Mugged

I don’t like that word “recoils” referring to Israel.


60 posted on 05/31/2010 8:14:21 PM PDT by Irisshlass
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