05/04/2012 at 02:15 PM
None of the twelve U.S. presidents since 1948 have presided in an anti-Israel manner. Some of them made decisions that were difficult for Israel to accept, such as Eisenhower forcing Israel to withdraw from occupied Sinai and Gaza in the wake of the 1956 Suez Crisis. But none of them, and certainly not Obama, have been anti-Israel. Obama doesn’t do everything that the prime ministers of Mexico or Canada want, so does that mean Obama is anti-Mexico or anti-Canada?
This story is about money that Congress authorized for various non-military, humanitarian purposes in Palestine. The U.S. Agency for International Development, which administers foreign aid, is doing what it is supposed to do. This money will go for peaceful humanitarian purposes.
Did you know that during the civil war in El Salvador, each year both sides laid down their arms for a few days so that children could be immunized against killer diseases? The warring parties in that conflict recognized that children’s health was more important than their conflict. The same story is true here. Palestinians want their children healthy. Americans want Palestinian children to be healthy. Israelis want Palestinian children to be healthy. Everybody wants Palestinian children to be healthy, except Frank, for whom every dollar spent making Palestinian children healthy is proof that Obama hates Israel. Sheesh.
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05/03/2012 at 11:36 PM
No surprises here. The most anti-Israel president in history.
(I wonder if they’ll bring back the palestian terrorist “Micky Mouse” show?)
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