If this doesn’t make you angry, you aren’t thinking through the implications of it:
In sharp reversal, U.S. agrees to rebuke Israel in Security Council
Posted By Colum Lynch Wednesday, February 16, 2011 – 6:00 PM Share
The U.S. informed Arab governments Tuesday that it will support a U.N. Security Council statement reaffirming that the 15-nation body “does not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlement activity,” a move aimed at avoiding the prospect of having to veto a stronger Palestinian resolution calling the settlements illegal.
So it is Israel’s turn under to go under the bus. There is no way to spin this as anything other than a complete cave to Muslim demands. As though those demands were reasonable and realistic. Remember, the Palestinains are upset about Israel building apartments in Jerusalem. Jerusalem has been a Jewis city for, oh, three thousand years, give or take. You can see why the Palestinians would be upset.
Here is more:
Susan E. Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, outlined the new U.S. offer in a closed door meeting on Tuesday with the Arab Group, a bloc of Arab countries from North Africa and the Middle East. In exchange for scuttling the Palestinian resolution, the United States would support the council statement, consider supporting a U.N. Security Council visit to the Middle East, the first since 1979, and commit to supporting strong language criticizing Israel’s settlement policies in a future statement by the Middle East Quartet.
The U.S.-backed draft statement — which was first reported by Al Hurra — was obtained by Turtle Bay. In it, the Security Council “expresses its strong opposition to any unilateral actions by any party, which cannot prejudge the outcome of negotiations and will not be recognized by the international community, and reaffirms, that it does not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlement activity, which is a serious obstacle to the peace process.” The statement also condemns “all forms of violence, including rocket fire from Gaza, and stresses the need for calm and security for both peoples.”
Notice a word missing from this resolution? I do. That word is terrorism. The Leftist Administration refuses to call terrorism, such as the rocket fire from Gaza, terrorism. They act for all the world as if the violence is equal in all respects. As though the Jews in Jerusalem were randomly shelling the West Bank.
There is no way to spin this as good news. As America cravenly abandons her ally, Israel stands more alone than she has ever been. And we have two more years of Obama Administration. I am not sure the World can handle it.
Tags: Israel, Obama Administration, Outrage
