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| Obama: My administration is 'decidedly more attentive to Israel' | ||||
| 2012-06-06 | ||||
Obama was speaking at a meeting between White House Chief of Staff Jack Lew and community leaders included Dr. Simcha Katz and Rabbi Steven Burg, President and the Managing Director of the Orthodox Union. Asked about what lessons he has learned from the events related to the Israel-Paleostine grinding of the peace processor, Obama said that it's "really hard,"
In the past, President B.O. and other administration officials warned the window of opportunity for making peace might not remain open for long. At Tuesday's meeting he said that maybe it is already closed, but still expressed hope that progress is still possible, although he admitted that the position of the Paleostinians has tanked. We'll keep trying, he promised his guests - and asked them not to doubt his fidelity to this cause. Being a friend, he stressed, doesn't mean to agree with Israeli leaders on every single issue.T Obama said that peace is good for Israel, and stressed that he has been a "stalwart believer" Israel should thrive - and that he has provided much support for the country. According to Obama, recent events in Syria and Egypt provide yet another example of why a solution to the conflict is needed. Part of the discussion was dedicated to the issues of state and religion - especially the controversial issue of whose responsibility it is to pay for contraception - and whether religious hospitals should perform abortions and circumcisions. Obama said he is a person of deep religious conviction and a "strong supporter of conscious causes." It's not that he thinks the government can do it better, he said - but stressed that millions of women working in religious institutions shouldn't be discriminated and not receive their healthcare because of their employers objections to contraceptives. Tuesday's meeting followed a meeting last week, between Obama and White House Lew and about 20 Conservative Jewish community leaders, in which they thanked them for the work they do to improve communities around the country, and discussed their shared commitment to rebuilding the U.S. economy. | ||||
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #8 I get it. This is a finish the sentence game. Cool. "My administration is decidedly more attentive to Israel, than we would like to be." or "My administration is decidedly more attentive to Israel now, because it didn't go away when we were ignoring it. Obviously it will take a bigger push." |
| Posted by: Iblis 2012-06-06 15:41 |
| #7 The Orthodox Jewish community leans Republican/conservative. One notices that their rabbis met with the Chief of Staff, and not directly with the president himself, suggesting where they stand in his mental hierarchy. Especially as they were asking challenging questions instead of accepting his wonderfulness as a given. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2012-06-06 13:44 |
| #6 I wouldn't belive him if he said he owned a dog named BO, whom he named after himself. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2012-06-06 13:20 |
| #5 yeah and if you believe that I have some great beach front property in Nevada for a song |
| Posted by: Jan 2012-06-06 12:05 |
| #4 Israelis are able to behave themselves, perhaps one should be more attentive to the paleos. Otherwise, a SOP generic talk. Said about himself, said about himself, so forth; if you wanted auto manufacturing to come back to the USA you would have him selling foreign cars. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2012-06-06 11:43 |
| #3 Is this guy taking lessons in mental gymnastics and logical somersaults from Gilani and Zardari? I mean I thought the Paks were Olympic class liars and folder/spindlers/mutilators of logic but this is absolutely the gold medal winner. How can the Jewish community in the US listen to this crap and not burst out laughing. I mean if they didn't tar and feather this guy and run him out of the meeting on a split rail, they are hopelessly deluded. |
| Posted by: Bill Clinton 2012-06-06 10:29 |
| #2 Obama: My administration is 'decidedly more attentive to Israel' Read: send more reelection money. Really, rubes, send more, send something. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2012-06-06 07:44 |
| #1 at·ten·tive (-tntv) adj. Giving care or attention; watchful: attentive to detail. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2012-06-06 07:04 |