Nadene Goldfoot
The biggest disappointment came today in Barak Hussein Obama's speech where he endorsed the demand of Israel's neighbors, the Palestinians in Gaza and Judea and Samaria, to force Israel back to the indefensible 1967 lines, which imply boarders.
Our President hasn't visited Israel. He hasn't experienced how small it already is, and he's telling Israel to go back to borders where Syria can rain down rockets, missiles and anything else from the ledge above onto a very thin strip about 9 miles wide called Israel. Has he looked at a map? Obviously he has and is okay with his decision. I'm not.
I have his speech concerning Israel. His words are lovely. The message is not. He mentions knowing about the change and uncertainty in the region and believes that with it all it is the time to move forward, but he is only seeing the Arab viewpoint, I'm afraid. He feels he's coming out with THE TRUTH as he sees it: that the present status quo is unsustaninable. It sounds to me like he has given up and that there is no hope for Israel. He doesn't know Israel. He thinks that now "Israel too must act boldy" as if she hasn't always done this. At the same time in his speech he raises the issue of Hamas recognizing Israel and just drops it as "it's an issue." Obama talked about swaps but Israel first has to be concerned with defensible borders. Swap what? Israel is already so tiny from losing past land that she gave up that there isn't much left to give up without completely disappearing. Obama is endangering Israel by suggesting that she become a 9 mile strip and allow missiles to reach every corner of her as it has been in Southern Israel from Gaza.
He feels that the Palestinians must be able to govern themselves in order to reach their potential. They were given the chance when with the USA's assistance, held elections in Gaza, something no Arabs in any Arab country has been able to do to my knowledge. They voted in Hamas. That shows their true colors. When the Israeli Jews pulled out of Gaza they left all their businesses for them and what kind of potential did they display? They destroyed them. It's easier to remain on the dole with the UN, and besides, they didn't want Jewish businesses.
Israel has already said that they will go along with a two state solution, but they really want some nice people next door who respect them if they want to be respected and it hasn't happened, has it. Hamas just wants to destroy Israel. Some trustworthy neighbors Obama is pushing onto Israel. He feels the Palestinians really need a state and now. Oh yes, they certainly do; they did not come from a Palestine. They came from the assorted states in the Middle East looking for jobs and work, and building was going on in what became Israel. That's where the action was and now they want a piece of the action, or the whole thing, depending on how powerful Hamas's charter becomes. Obama approaches his speech with the closing of that this is a choice between hate and hope. Well, I think he should have made it clear to the Palestinians to quit hating Jews and Israel and get over it for "tomorrow's" sake. It's been their hatred of Jews that they have been born into and raised with in the families and schools. Israelis have been the ones to have been hoping for only peace, so much so that they have given many pieces of their already slithered piece of land away in the name of peace and have received bubkus for it.
If we had had a president today that had stood up for Israel in no uncertain terms saying with strength that the Palestinians must recognize Israel for the sake of peace for all and cut out all the shooting and killing, they just may have realized they couldn't continue on this destructive path. No, that isn't happening. Instead I'm afraid that Obama is trying to make points with the Arabs who still regard him suspiciously.
As Netanyahu is saying sternly, a Palestinian state cannot come about at the expense of Israel.
This was all announced the day before Netanyahu's meeting with Obama, who Obama knew was coming with a proposal of his own. Now Netanyahu has made it clear that Israel is NOT going back to the 67 borders.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/read-the-presidents-prepared-remarks-for-arab-spring-speech/
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/obama-endorses-palestinian-border-demands/
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110519/wl_nm/us_obama_mideast_netanyahu
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110519/pl_afp/mideastusdiplomacypoliticsvote
The biggest disappointment came today in Barak Hussein Obama's speech where he endorsed the demand of Israel's neighbors, the Palestinians in Gaza and Judea and Samaria, to force Israel back to the indefensible 1967 lines, which imply boarders.
Our President hasn't visited Israel. He hasn't experienced how small it already is, and he's telling Israel to go back to borders where Syria can rain down rockets, missiles and anything else from the ledge above onto a very thin strip about 9 miles wide called Israel. Has he looked at a map? Obviously he has and is okay with his decision. I'm not.
I have his speech concerning Israel. His words are lovely. The message is not. He mentions knowing about the change and uncertainty in the region and believes that with it all it is the time to move forward, but he is only seeing the Arab viewpoint, I'm afraid. He feels he's coming out with THE TRUTH as he sees it: that the present status quo is unsustaninable. It sounds to me like he has given up and that there is no hope for Israel. He doesn't know Israel. He thinks that now "Israel too must act boldy" as if she hasn't always done this. At the same time in his speech he raises the issue of Hamas recognizing Israel and just drops it as "it's an issue." Obama talked about swaps but Israel first has to be concerned with defensible borders. Swap what? Israel is already so tiny from losing past land that she gave up that there isn't much left to give up without completely disappearing. Obama is endangering Israel by suggesting that she become a 9 mile strip and allow missiles to reach every corner of her as it has been in Southern Israel from Gaza.
He feels that the Palestinians must be able to govern themselves in order to reach their potential. They were given the chance when with the USA's assistance, held elections in Gaza, something no Arabs in any Arab country has been able to do to my knowledge. They voted in Hamas. That shows their true colors. When the Israeli Jews pulled out of Gaza they left all their businesses for them and what kind of potential did they display? They destroyed them. It's easier to remain on the dole with the UN, and besides, they didn't want Jewish businesses.
Israel has already said that they will go along with a two state solution, but they really want some nice people next door who respect them if they want to be respected and it hasn't happened, has it. Hamas just wants to destroy Israel. Some trustworthy neighbors Obama is pushing onto Israel. He feels the Palestinians really need a state and now. Oh yes, they certainly do; they did not come from a Palestine. They came from the assorted states in the Middle East looking for jobs and work, and building was going on in what became Israel. That's where the action was and now they want a piece of the action, or the whole thing, depending on how powerful Hamas's charter becomes. Obama approaches his speech with the closing of that this is a choice between hate and hope. Well, I think he should have made it clear to the Palestinians to quit hating Jews and Israel and get over it for "tomorrow's" sake. It's been their hatred of Jews that they have been born into and raised with in the families and schools. Israelis have been the ones to have been hoping for only peace, so much so that they have given many pieces of their already slithered piece of land away in the name of peace and have received bubkus for it.
If we had had a president today that had stood up for Israel in no uncertain terms saying with strength that the Palestinians must recognize Israel for the sake of peace for all and cut out all the shooting and killing, they just may have realized they couldn't continue on this destructive path. No, that isn't happening. Instead I'm afraid that Obama is trying to make points with the Arabs who still regard him suspiciously.
As Netanyahu is saying sternly, a Palestinian state cannot come about at the expense of Israel.
This was all announced the day before Netanyahu's meeting with Obama, who Obama knew was coming with a proposal of his own. Now Netanyahu has made it clear that Israel is NOT going back to the 67 borders.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/read-the-presidents-prepared-remarks-for-arab-spring-speech/
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/obama-endorses-palestinian-border-demands/
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110519/wl_nm/us_obama_mideast_netanyahu
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110519/pl_afp/mideastusdiplomacypoliticsvote
As a Jewish Woman, an American who cries for her people in Israel.....I thank you!
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