IS OBAMA ABOUT TO PUSH PALESTINIAN STATE IN SEPTEMBER? THIS WOULD BE A TERRIBLE MISTAKE

Posted: April 13, 2011 by joelcrosenberg in Uncategorized

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As international support builds for the Palestinians to unilaterally declare their own state at the U.N. General Assembly opening session in September, I am growing increasingly concerned the President Obama is preparing to endorse such a move and even push for it.

• A new article in The Economist reports that “before the UN vote of February 18th [condemning Israel for building settlements in Judea and Samaria], Barack Obama reportedly encouraged Mr Cameron and others to take a tough line on Israel. In phone calls to his European allies, Mr Obama is said to have expressed frustration at Mr Netanyahu’s approach to settlements, but to have explained he had ‘too many domestic fires to extinguish” to risk a bust-up over Israel.’” The reporter says this allegation cannot be confirmed, but “in private, European officials have told Israel that their pressure is choreographed with America.”
• A new Washington Post column asks: Is Obama Abandoning Diplomatic Support For Israel?

America can ill afford turning on Israel at all, much less now. To do so would be a terrible mistake.

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