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The Obama Administration continues its hostility towards the State of Israel. Only President Obama is letting members of his cabinet do the talking. Enter Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta. Yesterday, while en route to the Middle East, Panetta said:
There’s not much question in my mind that they maintain that edge. But the question you have to ask: Is it enough to maintain a military edge if you’re isolating yourself in the diplomatic arena? Real security can only be achieved by both a strong diplomatic effort as well as a strong effort to project to your military strength.
It’s pretty clear that at this dramatic time in the Middle East, when there have been so many changes, that is not a good situation for Israel to become increasingly isolated. And that’s what’s happening.
Specifically, Panetta wants Israel to restart negotiations with the Palestinians and patch things up with Egypt and Turkey.
Well, I guess this means that the Obama Administration recognizes Hamas. Because last I checked Fatah and Hamas had reconciled. So why is the Obama Administration putting the onus of resuming negotiations entirely on Israel?
I also don’t seem to recall Israelis storming the Egyptian embassy in Tel Aviv nor have I seen Israeli politicians call for an end to the peace agreement with Egypt. So why is the Obama Administration putting the onus of mending fences entirely on Israel when it is Egypt that is bent on tearing them down?
As for Turkey, we do not see Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu making anti-Turkish statements nor do we see Israel sponsoring acts of terror against Turkey. So why is the Obama Administration putting the onus on Israel to restore a relationship which Turkey no longer wants?
The Obama Administration does so because they win brownie points with the UN. They know that any demands they place on the Palestinian Authority, Egypt and Turkey have no weight with the international community. The most surefire way to be in good standing with the UN is to bash Israel.
The fact is that Israel has been isolated from the moment it was granted statehood. It is more isolated now not because of an unwillingness to make peace with the Palestinians or because of any intransigence towards Egypt and Turkey. Israel is more isolated in the world because the Obama Administration insists on heaping scorn upon the Jewish State. It is the sort of scorn which the Obama Administration ought to reserve for the likes of Iran and Syria. Panetta’s words will only further alienate both Israelis and the Jewish community here in the United States.
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Simon Templar| 10.3.11 @ 10:28AM
It seems to be a mystery to some that Israel does not completely trust the US. Our Paulbots can not seem to stop themselves from pointing this out. No one seems to wonder why.
Who can blame them?
Clint| 10.3.11 @ 12:58PM
Israel Firster can tell us about Jonathan Pollard & Ben Ami Kadish, who had the same handler out of The NYC Israeli Consulate,The Checkpoint Sourcefire Deal, which got the same treatment from C.F.I.U.S as Dubai Ports, Illegal Israeli sales of U.S.Weapons Tech to The Red Chinese, jeopardizing our allies Taiwan & Japan....
robert| 10.3.11 @ 10:34AM
Panetta has it backwards. It is Turkey, Egypt that should opoligize and Abbas that needs critisizing for nt starting peace negotions with Israel.
Occam's Tool| 10.3.11 @ 10:48AM
By the way, in other "Marching Morons" news, the MOH winner Dakota Murphy is being stymied in his attempt to be a NYFD firefighter, while the first transgender applicant has been accepted.
Might I recommend that "The Marching Morons" by CM Kornbluth be a highly recommended reading assignment for readers of this Blog. Written in the 1950s as brilliant dark satire, its focus grows STRONGER with each passing year. Much, much more brilliant than the movie "Idiocracy."
USSAlabama| 10.3.11 @ 11:39AM
Do we expect less of an Obama Cabinet member? I think not.
Panetta's remarks reflect his boss's policy. Israel has done all of the negotiating it can do. When will fools look at facts for themselves instead of waiting on some pablum?
Palestinians have said "No" to offers of everything they have wanted 3 times in the last decade.
Because they only want one thing -- ALL the land and NO peace.
USSAlabama| 10.3.11 @ 11:40AM
PS: This issue is really getting old.
Occam's Tool| 10.3.11 @ 11:51AM
Yes, Alabama, it is old. Still working on my short story of Palestinian Zombies, with the punch line being "how do we tell the difference?"
George| 10.3.11 @ 1:10PM
Panetta will be nothing in the end.
He should eat his steak and drink his wine now. It is all he will ever have.
answer to your question| 10.3.11 @ 3:24PM
Israel killed TEN Turkish citizens in international water! Israel killed SIX Egyptian border security guards a few months ago! Are you just willfully ignorant of this or misinformed?
"I also don't seem to recall Israelis storming the Egyptian embassy in Tel Aviv nor have I seen Israeli politicians call for an end to the peace agreement with Egypt. So why is the Obama Administration putting the onus of mending fences entirely on Israel when it is Egypt that is bent on tearing them down?"
"As for Turkey, we do not see Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu making anti-Turkish statements nor do we see Israel sponsoring acts of terror against Turkey. So why is the Obama Administration putting the onus on Israel to restore a relationship which Turkey no longer wants?"
Israel isolation| 10.3.11 @ 3:34PM
The problem is not Obama isolating Israel. In fact the problem is Bibi isolating the U.S. We had the onus of being the only country to veto a resolution on Israeli settlements. The Europeans Asia, the whole world realize what a stranglehold AIPAC and Jews like you have on this country. We also have the onus most likely of having to veto a resolution on a Palestinian state. Abbas already has 8 votes, all he needs is one vote from Portugal, Bosnia, or Columbia in the security council and we have to go out of our way again for no thanks. Just Jews like you saying how bad this government is for you while America does everything in its path for Israel and gets nothing in return! Robert Gates is 100 percent correct. Israel and some American Jews are UNGRATEFUL! And a negative influence on our national security and geopolitical position!
colindale| 10.4.11 @ 11:02AM
“Israel is isolated in the world because of its policy of land expropriation.
When will the world learn that the Israeli Likud coalition government has no intention of there being a Palestinian state in the West Bank?
Netanyahu negotiates in bad faith. His sole intention is to eventually transfer (ethnically cleanse) all Arabs out of the West Bank and Jerusalem. The facts are there on the ground. The illegal Israeli settlement of Ariel has been built half way between the major Arab towns of Nablus and Ramallah, 13 miles east of the Green Line in the very centre of the Palestinian West Bank, in order to deliberately frustrate the will of the UN. It has nothing whatsoever to do with so-called security. It is everything to do with gaining an illegal political advantage in violation of UN resolutions and the specific will of the international community.
The urban settlement stands astride an important underground aquifer that should supply essential water supplies to the Palestinian community but instead supplies the urban settlement of 20,000 illegal settlers.
The Ariel settlement was built with the support of Shimon Peres, former defense minister and now the Israeli president who wanted to ensure the Palestinian West Bank was kept under Israeli control. Secular Israelis looking for ‘a better lifestyle and cheaper housing’ are persuaded to move to the Palestinian West Bank by monetary inducements.
Netanyahu is isolated because he continues to negotiate in bad faith.”
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