Israel is no longer regarded as an American strategic ally
President Obama has decided to be an 'even-handed' mediator and has abandoned the notion that Israel is a strategic ally. Israel, the only nation among its neighbors to have been legally established by a majority of the nations then comprising the United Nations…Israel, the nation that was invaded by the armies of five neighbors at the moment of its birth…Israel, the nation whose civilians were regularly subjected to unrelenting and deadly so-called Fedayeen attacks from Gaza in the early years of its existence. Israel, the nation that was, and is, subject to a unified boycott by most of the Arab block…Israel, the nation attacked more than any other nation during the past half century…Israel, whose athletes are harassed and even murdered at international competitions… Israel, whose civilian population centers were the targets of literally thousands of missile attacks, day in and day out. Israel, the nation that offered every concession and acceded to most every demand at the Clinton-sponsored Camp David Conference…Israel, is now seen as the hindrance to peace.Read it all and weep. Because there's still a long way to go in this Presidency even if he's not re-elected.
Our president now calls upon Israel to take bold steps to meet the demands of a hostile regime that won’t sit at the same table unless yet more concessions are agreed to in advance and which couldn’t bring Hamas, which controls Gaza, to a peace conclave even if one were convened.
Israel is a remarkable success story, unprecedented in the annals of time. In barely a single generation Israel now ranks among those at the forefront in science, mathematics, physics, medicine, education, space exploration, high-tech innovation, literature, agriculture, standard of living, emergency response and venture capital. Moreover, it has absorbed more immigrants relative to its size than any nation in the world while the 27 Muslim nations have failed for over 60 years even to absorb a few thousand Palestinians living in refugee camps in the West Bank and in Lebanon.
The point we are making is to recognize that the nature of America’s long-standing and evolving relationship with Israel seems, under President Obama, to have run its course. We seem now to be determined to be an even-handed mediator and no longer a strategic ally. Perhaps it was inevitable. Perhaps the peace vision was a farce all along. In many respects the infamous “Three No’s” of Khartoum i.e. No Peace, No Recognition and No Negotiation is still, when all is said and done, the driving force that informs those Palestinians and other belligerents who may ultimately determine the outcome of the Israeli-Palestinian conundrum. There is no peace. There is no recognition and, practically speaking, there really is no meaningful negotiation nor, perhaps, has there ever been. A negotiation that does not have as its agreed upon goal a final resolution of a conflict is not a negotiation at all. It is but a tactic in a continuing conflict and the continuation of a Palestinian charade. For this the president is abandoning our only friend in the region. Not only have the chickens come home to roost, but several flocks are likely to follow.
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 9:10 AM
2 Comments:
Obama can do a lot of damage even if he ends up serving only one term. If Israel can survive the fallout of a collapse of the proximity talks, it can survive whatever other pressure Obama might seek to apply upon the Jewish State.
Israel is not out of the woods yet.
Obama is anti-American, so it follows that he would view America's traditional allies with suspicion, and its traditional enemies with admiration.
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