Israel Matzav

Obama or Israel?

A bill introduced by Representative Peter King (R-NY) is forcing members of Congress to choose between friendship for Israel and loyalty to President Obama. So far, not one Democrat has chosen friendship for Israel.

At issue is a resolution proposed by Rep. Pete King (R-Long Island) that calls on Washington to quit the US Human Rights Council -- which two weeks ago voted 32-3 to condemn Israel's raid on the Gaza-bound flotilla.

Incredibly, not a single House Democrat -- not even from the New York delegation -- is willing to co-sponsor King's resolution "unless we take out the language about the UN," he says.

Why? No Democrat wants to go on record disagreeing with President Obama's decision to end the Bush-era boycott of the anti-Israel council -- whose members include such human-rights champions as Iran and Libya.

At the time, the White House insisted that its presence would help reform the United Nations' Geneva-based body.

Some reform: Yesterday, the HRC released a report from its Mideast investigator, Richard Falk, calling for a global economic and cultural boycott of Israel, which it compares to apartheid South Africa.

The Democrats have a pretty consistent pattern of not being willing to oppose Obama on anything. They are likely to pay dearly for that come November.

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 11:01 AM