Senate Dems May Join Rebuff of Obama On His Anti-Israel Border Plan
Posted by Jim Hoft on Wednesday, May 25, 2011, 5:46 AM
It looks like Obama’s anti-Israel proposals were not such a great idea after all…
Last week Barack Obama proposed handing over half of Jerusalem, the Wailing Wall, The Temple Mount, Old Jerusalem, and the tomb of Jesus Christ to the Hamas-Fatah terrorist alliance.
Of course, his latest radical position is very unpopular with a great majority of Americans.
Unlike Obama, most Americans support Israel over the Palestinian terrorist front.
Now there’s word that Senate Democrats may even join Republicans to rebuke Obama on his anti-Israel proposals.
The Hill reported:
Senate Democrats are expected to support a resolution intended as a rebuff to President Obama’s call for basing Middle East peace talks on the 1967 Israeli-Palestinian borders.
It would be a rare rebuke of the president by the upper chamber and a sign that Democrats are worried about the impact of last week’s speech on the U.S.-Israel relationship and pro-Israel constituents.
Democrats in both chambers are scrambling to fix the damage caused when Obama called for the 1967 borders and land swaps as a basis for peace.
Some Democrats have tried to downplay the rift, but Israel’s strongest supporters in Congress say there’s no denying that Obama made a tactical mistake in handling the relationship.
“I wish that the president had not made the speech on Thursday, particularly not made it — I gather — without much consultation” with Israel, said Sen. Joe Lieberman (Conn.), an Independent who caucuses with Democrats. “So I think it was a tactical mistake.”
Lieberman said he was reassured by the president’s follow-up speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) on Sunday but thinks additional steps need to be taken.
He is working with Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) on a resolution that would show broad consensus within Congress that the 1967 Israeli-Palestinian borders are not only “indefensible,” as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated, but also contrary to U.S. national security interests.
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Published May 23, 2012 at 4:57 am - 64 Comments
Refresh commented:
No one can be surprised at this. Flashback 2008:
ELECTION 2008
Obama church published
Hamas terror manifesto
Compares charter calling for murder
of Jews to Declaration of Independence
Read more: Obama church published Hamas terror manifesto http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=59456#ixzz1NMxPCmpO
Granny commented:
Didn’t I read something a while back about one of IWon’s cronies being involved in the attempt to run the Gaza blockade?
Sasja commented:
Zero is also contrary to US national security interests.
Steve commented:
The snowball is beginning to pick up speed. This president is either going to be asked to step down or he’s going to cause an avalanche that brings down the whole world!
Downer commented:
Dems said it was a ‘tactical mistake’ of O. That may be true for him politically, but it is worse a possible strategic disaster for the Israeli’s if the enemies take some action on those words.
kansas commented:
Can’t wait till he gets back from vacation and says he didn’t say what he said. PS. How’s that laser focus on jobs working out? Or gas prices? Once the market figures out what he said about increasing production is BS the prices are going up again. And they only dropped a bit to give is poor working slobs a break.
Reaganite Republican commented:
But that bonehead David Cameron says Obama’s speech was “bold and visionary”- for Israel haters, I guess it was
Doc54 commented:
Nobama has an alliance with our enemies and is an enemy to our allies, pain and simple ! How
much more of his islamic BS do we have to take before this moron is thrown out of the WH ? NOW IS THE TIME PEOPLE !!
Valerie commented:
The President’s ignorant statements may yet yield something useful, because the discussion about the real impediment to peace in the Middle East is now joined. A US Senator has, on national TV, called out Hamas on its public contract to engage in hirabah.
Lindsey Graham proposes an end to US foreign aid to Palestinians unless Hamas amends it’s charter.
http://lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressRoom.PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=0e8d5ed7-802a-23ad-46a8-aa044b7080b9
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXovK_Fc5Vw&feature=player_embedded
Hamas Charter http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/hamas.asp
The Hamas Charter is real obscenity, as George Carlin would define it. It is an agreement to kill every Jew on the face of the earth, to re-conquer every square inch of land ever held by a “muslim” regime, and to engage in an advertising campaign to convince Muslims that every Muslim has a personal duty to murder his neighbors.
This charter was adopted in 1988, and the advertising campaign is real, and ongoing, involving lies about the history of the region, fauxtography, faked “atrocities” by Israelis.
Valerie commented:
Well, lookee here: Dana Milbank is getting an education, too. Comes from having an Israeli au pair.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/into-netanyahus-arms/2011/05/24/AFH6CjAH_story.html?wprss=
But the administration is stuck on stupid.
http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/05/24/white_house_jewish_refugees_right_of_return_should_be_on_the_table
“The right of Jews to return to the Arab and predominantly Muslim countries they fled from or were kicked out of over several decades could be “on the table” as part of the Middle East peace negotiations, according to a senior White House official.”
“Ben Rhodes, the deputy national security advisor for communications and President Barack Obama’s chief speechwriter on foreign policy, talked about what’s known as the “Jewish right of return” during an off-the-record conference call with Jewish community leaders on May 20, only one day after Obama’s major speech on the Middle East. A recording of the call was provided to The Cable.”
“In response to a question asking why there is a great deal of focus on the Palestinian refugee issue but almost no focus on the Jews who departed Arab lands, Rhodes declared that the Israelis and Palestinians should negotiate on the Jewish right of return to Arab and Muslim countries and that the United States could play in role in mediating that issue.”
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The naiivete of this response is just breathtaking, assuming this person is both serious and sincere. The miserable, murderous tyrannies surrounding Israel have made a point of driving Jewish people from their countries by violence. This was never true of Israel. Indeed, in the run-up to the June war, the Israeli government begged its Arab citizens to remain, and the attacking countries told them to leave, and come back to claim their land from the Israelis after their country had been smashed.
The refugee “problem” in Palestine was created by the surrounding, vicious tyrannies, as a means of providing a discontented populace as a source of cannon fodder against Israel.
ginghamturtle commented:
I thought Fared Zakaria was Odumbo’s big middle east advisor. Where is he now?
sandy commented:
I am heartened to see the Dems and Republicans standing together in their support of Israel. My question is will the resolution voicing America’s support for Israel keep the US from voting to force Israel back to the 67 borders?
Obama made a speech in London today which sounded strangely like Netanahu’s speech to a joint session of Congress on Monday with a couple of exceptions. Obama doesn’t love the USA or Israel. He does love that reverb though. Perhaps Obama is running for President of the EU or maybe he just likes to copy anyone who’s getting good press. My guess would be the latter.
Valerie commented:
I think we are watching a guy being dragged up a learning curve like Mr. Rushmore.
Molon Lobe commented:
I’m sure the Senate does what it always does. Nap and then take a crap on the American taxpayer.