ISRAEL and OBAMA

At a fund raiser in New York last week, Obama made the statement that his administration “has done more in terms of the security of the state of Israel than any previous administration”

Let’s take a look at some of what he has done for Israel. His administration has supported forces that oppose Israel’s very existence and his officials publically opposes Israel on the diplomatic front. Hostility towards Israel has become common place with members of the Obama administration His ambassador to Belgium stated in a speech last week that the anti-Semitism among Muslims was Israel’s fault.

Last week Secretary of Defense Leon Paneta declared that Israel needed to “just get to the damn table” with the Palestinians. This implies that Israel is the primary obstacle to Middle East peace. Just who should Israel “get to the damn table” with? Should they meet with members of Abbas’s government? These are the ones in Abbas’s Fatah party who have said “They will never recognize Israel and will never do so”. These are the one’s who say Israel does not have the right to exist. These are the people who Secretary Panetta says Israel must “get to the damn table with”.

In one week Obama’s ambassadors said Israel was to blame for anti-Semitism, His Secretary of Defense said “just get to the damn table”, and his Secretary of State has criticized Israeli treatment of women as occasionally “unfair”. At the same time she has welcomed a Washington organization which promotes censorship of speech about Islamism.

All of the above makes me wonder just who Obama is trying to fool. He, and his administration, have not stood by Israel. Israel in our ally and we need to support them. They are a bastion of freedom in the Mid-East.

Stan Elrod

Charlotte, NC