Israel Matzav

Deputy Knesset Speaker: I don't trust Obama

Our conversation was supposed to be “off the record,” meaning it couldn’t be reported publicly, but what she said was so important that I asked her to clarify the ground rules and she said I feel strongly about this and I want it out.

“I don't trust Obama.”

Deputy Speaker Gamliel went on to say, “We may need to look around to find another friend,” because “It looks like America does not want to be the dominant leader of the free world.”

Think of it friends, the President of the United States is not trusted by the Deputy Speaker in the parliament of the only democratic nation in the Middle East and arguably our most reliable ally in that troubled region. 

Whether you agree with my old friend Dr. James Dobson “that Israel is covenant land,” and that Christians should support Israel in a battle between good and evil, or you agree with another old friend, Pat Buchanan, that Israel has too much influence in American domestic politics and that ''Capitol Hill is Israeli-occupied territory,'' I’m sure you will agree that the American President must be trusted by our allies – and especially by our foes.

Think of what Deputy Speaker Gamliel’s assessment means for our foreign policy and America’s ability to lead in an increasingly dangerous Middle East. 

Even the failed Jimmy Carter was trusted by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin (founder of Gamliel’s Likud Party) to broker the Camp David accords that ended the state of war between Israel and Egypt and established a workable peace between the two countries.

Labels: Barack Hussein Obama, Israeli Knesset

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 2:38 PM