Obama’s Betrayal of Israel
By Allan G. Ross December 26, 2016
By Allan G. Ross December 26, 2016
500,000 dead in Syria. Millions of refugees fleeing war, hunger and despair. North Korea advancing its nuclear weapons programs. Ancient Christian communities being exterminated in the Middle East. Russia forcibly annexing its neighbors. Radical Islam threatening the world. Iran continuing to be the world's greatest sponsor of terrorism.
Yet for President Barack Obama, Jews living in Jerusalem are apparently the greatest threat to world peace.
That is the only conclusion I can draw as to why Obama secretly orchestrated and allowed the passage of a one-sided, anti-Israel resolution at the United Nations Security Council, attacking Israel's settlements.
For whatever one might think about the settlements, the United States and Israel have agreed for decades that the settlement issue would be resolved only through direct negotiations between the Israelis and the Palestinians....... not through the dictates of a hypocritical, anti-Israel, and anti-Semitic United Nations.
American Presidents, whether Democrat or Republican, have promised to protect Israel's back.
On December 23, at the UN Security Council, Obama broke that promise.......big time.
During my 20 years in the US Army, I learned all about good leadership, bad leadership, and no leadership.
As the son of a Holocaust survivor, I learned all about betrayal.
What we have just witnessed is a personal, petty and back-stabbing "parting shot" by Obama against Israel just before he leaves office........a clear demonstration of bad leadership and a betrayal of one of America's most staunchest and dependable allies.
And very significantly, Obama has very possibly just set back any hopes of a return to the Israel-Palestinian peace process for years....maybe decades... and even increases the threat of additional conflict.
For why should the Palestinians negotiate directly with Israel when Obama proved to them they can get whatever they want.......which is ultimately the destruction of the Jewish state......through the corrupt and amoral United Nations?
As columnist Charles Krauthammer has correctly stated, the United States under Obama has now "joined the jackals at the UN."
But I am not alone in condemning Obama ...... for virtually every mainline Jewish organization as well as many members of Congress have also condemned Obama's actions. Locally, we are awaiting comments from Rep. Cheri Bustos and Rep. Dave Loebsack.
History will be the judge as to whether Obama will go down in history as a good or a bad President.
For many in the Jewish community, we already know that answer.
Yet for President Barack Obama, Jews living in Jerusalem are apparently the greatest threat to world peace.
That is the only conclusion I can draw as to why Obama secretly orchestrated and allowed the passage of a one-sided, anti-Israel resolution at the United Nations Security Council, attacking Israel's settlements.
For whatever one might think about the settlements, the United States and Israel have agreed for decades that the settlement issue would be resolved only through direct negotiations between the Israelis and the Palestinians....... not through the dictates of a hypocritical, anti-Israel, and anti-Semitic United Nations.
American Presidents, whether Democrat or Republican, have promised to protect Israel's back.
On December 23, at the UN Security Council, Obama broke that promise.......big time.
During my 20 years in the US Army, I learned all about good leadership, bad leadership, and no leadership.
As the son of a Holocaust survivor, I learned all about betrayal.
What we have just witnessed is a personal, petty and back-stabbing "parting shot" by Obama against Israel just before he leaves office........a clear demonstration of bad leadership and a betrayal of one of America's most staunchest and dependable allies.
And very significantly, Obama has very possibly just set back any hopes of a return to the Israel-Palestinian peace process for years....maybe decades... and even increases the threat of additional conflict.
For why should the Palestinians negotiate directly with Israel when Obama proved to them they can get whatever they want.......which is ultimately the destruction of the Jewish state......through the corrupt and amoral United Nations?
As columnist Charles Krauthammer has correctly stated, the United States under Obama has now "joined the jackals at the UN."
But I am not alone in condemning Obama ...... for virtually every mainline Jewish organization as well as many members of Congress have also condemned Obama's actions. Locally, we are awaiting comments from Rep. Cheri Bustos and Rep. Dave Loebsack.
History will be the judge as to whether Obama will go down in history as a good or a bad President.
For many in the Jewish community, we already know that answer.
