Israel Matzav

BDS Epic Fail

Breaking: Historic anti-BDS bill passes Illinois Senate 49-0, House 102-0, headed to @GovRauner for signature. Big win.
— Noah Pollak (@NoahPollak) May 18, 2015

From the same state that produced Barack Hussein Obama, 'J Street' Jan Schakowsky and Rahm Emanuel? Hmmm.

Labels: Barack Hussein Obama, BDS, epic fail, J Street, Jan Schakowsky, Rahm Emanuel

The US, UN and EU ought to look in their own backyards

While Israel endures criticism from Ban Ki-Moon, Hussein Obama, the Euroweenies and that little shmuck Rahm Emanuel, here's what's going on in their own backyards.

Chicago's murder rate is up 31 percent over 2011. Gun violence is up 8 percent. Mayor Rahm Emanuel has been useless at protecting his citizens since taking office. Yet, he has the audacity to tell Israel what we should do with their country. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his administration have proven that they know what is takes to protect their citizens. Can the same be said for Rahm?

While Ban Ki Moon says that the settlement constructions are a fatal blow to peace prospects, he ignores upgrading the Palestinians to a Nation Status while Abbas hasn't done anything commence peace negotiations. Heck, he doesn't even control half his country. That’s a fatal blow.

Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said building in E1 "destroys the two-state solution.” What? I thought we had two states now?

Palestine will be officially an apartheid state; Abbas is a holocaust denier himself.

And then there’s President Obama. Obama has continuously forced Bibi into settlement freezes as he hopes to recommence peace negotiations with Abbas. At tremendous political cost, Bibi halted settlement construction in 2009, under the ruse that Obama would get Abbas to the table. While the US voted against the UN motion on Palestine, the US did not threaten to cut off aid. Abbas never tried this under George W Bush – yet he has tried it twice and now succeeded.

The events of last week in the United Nations have left Bibi (facing re-election and with aforementioned pressures) with no choice but to effectively declare peace negotiations dead in the water.

Indeed. And the declaration is long overdue.

Labels: Abu Mazen, Ban Ki-Moon, Barack Hussein Obama, Binyamin Netanyahu, Chicago, European hypocrisy, hypocrisy, Judea and Samaria construction, Rahm Emanuel, Saeb Erekat, UN hypocrisy

What did Barak tell the Godfather to tell Barack?

In Chicago this past week, Defense Minister Ehud Barak met with Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. But why? The Chicago Sun Times has some speculation (Hat Tip: Jack W).

The Barak/Emanuel meeting made news in Israel.

Haaretz reported, “At their meeting, Barak told Emanuel that Netanyahu is unapologetic for his stance on Iran, but that he has absolutely no intention to support one presidential candidate or another or get involved in any other way in the elections.”

The Times of Israel said Barak met Emanuel “to deliver a message of rapprochement from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.”

The Jewish Telegraphic Agency suggested that Barak may have had his own agenda with Emanuel. “There are somewhat conflicting reports as to what Barak’s exact message was and — as they say in Chicago — who sent him. Specifically, it is unclear whether he was looking to help Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or trying to undercut him,” the JTA reported.

Emanuel earlier this month resigned as a co-chair of the Obama campaign in order to raise money for the SuperPAC supporting Obama. As a presidential confidant, Emanuel doesn’t need a title to send — or receive — a message. With polls trending Obama’s way, Netanyahu may simply want to hedge his bet.

I think Haaretz had it right.

Read the whole thing.

Labels: Barack Hussein Obama, Binyamin Netanyahu, Campaign 2012, Ehud Barak, Rahm Emanuel