Does White House Video Confirm Obama is Boycotting Ariel U?

INN ^ | 3//16/13 | Gil Ronen

[Nachum]

A White House video which states that President Barack Obama's planned speech before Israeli university students is the centerpiece of his visit, also appears to confirm that the White House deliberately left Ariel University students out of the event.

The spokesman in the video, Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes, says in it that the universities chosen to send students to the event were the ones that "partner" with the U.S. Embassy.

This explanation places responsibility for leaving out Ariel – while including all of Israel's other universities – on the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv.

[Nachum]

Welcome to Israel Mr. President. Now go home.

[Nachum]

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[shibumi]

"Welcome to Israel Mr. President. Now go home."

I don't think El Al offers direct flights to Indonesia.

[NoLibZone]

Be great if _________________ him.

That would cause a cheer so loud in this nation it would shake the windows from EPA controlled coast to EPA controlled coast.

[Stepan12]

That coward can’t handle any dissenting voices. Must be a component of his pathological narcissism. Plus being nothing but an affirmative action hire.

[old curmudgeon]

The Israelis being the fighters they are, I am surprised that any of the students from the invited universities would go.

I would expect them to stand in front of the building with signs protesting the exclusion of their compatriots.

[Hoodat]

Obama refuses to speak before the Knesset, choosing instead to speak at a hall which will be filled with the typical brand of groupthink liberals. All is done to prevent shouts of "You lie" coming from the audience. More can be found here:

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HUSSEIN OF JERUSALEM

Dan Greenfield     ||     March 15, 2013

Barack Obama met with several controversial anti-Israel Arab groups ahead of his visit to the Jewish state on March 20.

The groups included MPAC and ADC, both of whom put forward proposals in support of Hamas.

Obama reportedly said, "he wanted to see what kind of concessions the Israelis are willing to make and push them in that direction, that’s why he wants to give the speech to the Israeli people,”

But Obama warned that the speech to the Israeli public might not have what the Arab participants in the meeting were looking for. “But he implored us to give them a pass on this one,” the source said.

Obama also expressed his frustrations with the lack of progress on the negotiations.

‘The only people more frustrated than me,’ Obama said, were the ‘Palestinians living in West Bank and Gaza – it’s a legitimate frustration,’” the source quoted Obama as saying.

And that "big speech", he wants a pass from Muslims on, will not be given in the Knesset, Israel's parliament, but in a conference center.

 In 2008, Bush visited Israel and addressed the Knesset, Israel’s parliament. Clinton addressed the Knesset in 1994. Even Carter did it in 1979.

Obama addressed the British Parliament on his visit. He also found the time to address the Parliament of Ghana,  the Indian Parliament and the Australian Parliament…

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[Former Fetus]

I wish he would attempt to give a speech on the Temple Mount. Kind of “Listen, Oh Israel, I am your lord, I am the one”.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Nachum.

...appears to confirm that the White House deliberately left Ariel University students out of the event... Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes... places responsibility for leaving out Ariel – while including all of Israel's other universities -- on the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv.

Zero et al = slimy lying weasels.

[SunkenCiv]

Particularly if it were Hamas or Islamic Jihad.