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ADL 'shocked,' 'stunned' at White House's 'public dressing down of Israel'
2010-03-14
The Anti-Defamation League said it was shocked at the Obama administration's "public dressing down" of Israel over its decision during Vice President Joe Biden's weeklong visit to move forward with the construction of 1,600 housing units in East Jerusalem.
It'll all be forgotten by 2012. If not, the B.O. campaign will deny it.
The ADL took issue with State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley saying the move "undermined trust and confidence in the peace process, and in America's interests." Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton also called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday to express the administration's displeasure, and the rebuke continued today in an interview with Andrea Mitchell in which Clinton called Israel's actions "insulting."

On Tuesday, Biden had issued a statement saying "the substance and timing of the announcement, particularly with the launching of proximity talks, is precisely the kind of step that undermines the trust we need right now and runs counter to the constructive discussions that I've had here in Israel."

"We are shocked and stunned at the Administration's tone and public dressing down of Israel on the issue of future building in Jerusalem," ADL director Abraham Foxman said in a statement. "We cannot remember an instance when such harsh language was directed at a friend and ally of the United States. One can only wonder how far the U.S. is prepared to go in distancing itself from Israel in order to placate the Palestinians in the hope they see it is in their interest to return to the negotiating table."
Posted by:Fred

#14  I dunno, Lex, a number of my colleagues and employees at the U are urban Jewish, and they're still with the Bamster. Might change by 2012, but I dunno.
Posted by: Steve White   2010-03-14 18:08  

#13  Not to fear. Jews still will be a reliable voting bloc for the Dems in 2010 and in 2012 for The One.

Not so, Blondie. Jews abandoned the first Obama, one James Earl Carter, Jr., in 1980 and will abandon Obama II in due course.

Like Carter the man's running out of reliable voting blocs and soon will be left with only afr-americans and some diehard college town white libs.
Posted by: lex   2010-03-14 17:07  

#12  Agreed Besoeker.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2010-03-14 17:03  

#11  If you're paying the freight, ie, US taxes, then you've a right to bitch. If you're receiving foreign aid, bitching among fellow aid recipients is allowed. But not to me please.

p.s. How about the KDH bombing and the USS Liberty.
Posted by: Besoeker   2010-03-14 16:59  

#10  I was talking about New Deal, turning Eastern Europe over to Stalin, shafting South Vietnam, Shafting the Shah, support for Palestinian Statehood, Shafting Turkey (by supporting elected government against the military), shafting the Brits, shafting Israel in Lebanon (both Reagan & Bush). And that's just of the top of my head Besoeker.

p.s. how about Amnesty for illegals (Bush as well as Dems)?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2010-03-14 15:40  

#9  any chance to stab an ally will be taken as an opportunity by this loser
Posted by: Frank G   2010-03-14 10:06  

#8  an ugly direction it is my friend
Posted by: Elder of Zion   2010-03-14 08:59  

#7  Concur totally EofZ. On some things, one must take Barry at his word.

"I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction."
- The Audacity Of Hope
Posted by: Besoeker   2010-03-14 08:44  

#6  there was a lot of stupidity and arrogance on both sides

Israel should not have embarrassed Biden (who is perfectly capable of embarrassing himself) by making their announcement of 1600 housing units while he was in-country. This is the kind of thing we would expect of the PRC. Bibi is catching hell from critics in Israel for allowing this.

The US should not have denounced the housing units with the same phrase "we condemn" that is used to denounce suicide bomb attacks.
Posted by: lord garth   2010-03-14 08:35  

#5  Besoker,
There are a couple of Interesting postings at Debka.com. Taking them with a grain of salt (as usual) one still wonders if the US foreign policy as "reinnovated" by B.O. has not taken a 180 degree turn and has decided to sacrifice Israel to the Arab world in order to secure other unrelated US interests in the ME.
While I believe the US is free to define and pursue it's interests as it sees fit, I sometimes wonder if B.O. does see the way Iranian increasing strategic power will eventually undermine the US from projecting power to advance pure US interests in the region.
Furthermore, I also believe when critical Israeli survival intereswts are at stake (and I do think that they are at stake now) Israel has the right to act to protect itself even if this contradicts US interests in the region (as they are defined by B.O.).
Regarding the "sliver of rock" - just don't forget that there may be a few hundred warheads stashed on the "sliver" exactly for such a time when we believe our best US friends (no cinicism meant here) have abandoned us.
Please dont make us use them !!!!!!!!
It is my firm belief that if we cannot stop the Iranians from getting Nukes now we will have to use Nukes on them pretty soon.

I also believe that Gromgoru did not mean any disrespect in his post (I think he really cares about the US and so do I, and he is just expressing criticism about what he believes to be a regression in the role of the US as the leader of the free world - a concern which I share).
Posted by: Elder of Zion   2010-03-14 08:28  

#4  Until most recently g(r)omsky, I seem to recall a 60 year uninterupted period of unquestionable political support, intelligence sharing, and military alliance extended your little sliver of rock. All criticims are not attacks, like yours, they are oftentimes simply observations.
Posted by: Besoeker   2010-03-14 04:07  

#3  All part of USA self-distruction process which been going on for decades now.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2010-03-14 03:21  

#2  Not to fear. Jews still will be a reliable voting bloc for the Dems in 2010 and in 2012 for The One.
Posted by: Cornsilk Blondie   2010-03-14 01:25  

#1  As Instapundit notes, "ANOTHER 'RUBE' SELF-IDENTIFIES."
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2010-03-14 00:19  

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