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Middle East: The president last month promised Jewish Americans the U.S. commitment "to the security of Israel is ironclad." Has one of the Democratic Party's most dependable constituencies been conned? The White House transcript of President Obama's May 22 speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the voice of our country's staunchest defenders of Israel, indicates that the crowd found reasons for approval. The president, citing two Palestinian politico/terror groups, declared that "the recent agreement between Fatah and Hamas poses an enormous obstacle to peace." After the applause, he added that "No country can be expected to negotiate with...