Obama to U.S. Jews: Nothing will distance us from Israel

Rabbi,why did you not speak out against Obamas' candidacy, you lived so close and new more than most about Obama. Please, don't be silent any longer about the real color of Obama. My sarcasm, sometimes gets the better of me. Hawaiin pineapple mocha is the new starbucks volcanic brew, one cup you'll feel like your up to solving and saving the world from itself,the second cup will make you the love of yourself, and the third cup makes you see that the only transparentcy that I've given Americans is my teleprompter, sometimes you see it & sometimes you don't. David Copperfield eat your heart out, Biden, Clinton etc., say you got nothing on Obama as an illusionist. They saw him make elephants disappear and donkeys heehaw at one another. Watch what he tries to do in Jerusalem.

your character is in relationship to the Obama administration. Hey Yak-off,ever heard the expression that statistics don't lie, liars make statistics. Obamas' game plan against Israel and particularly Jerusalem is beyond your wildest dreams.I saw the vision in 1977, when another liberal lunatic by the name of Carter, nearly plunged America and Israel into the abyss. Ya think !

Obama seems to feel that if he tells enough OUTRAGEOUS lies, he will be believed. Much as Ahmadinejad has succeeded in doing in his efforts to delegitimize Israel. To be blunt, Obama and his handlers are sheer poison for Israel. Its a new era....

Your viewpoint is contradicted by the statistics. Please dont confuse your pathological need to feel that you are alone and isolated in the world, that no one really understand the predicament of Israel, with the reality. Obama, if anything, needs to be more forceful in confronting the arrogance and intransigence of Israel and on that millions of Jews concur, though you clearly are not one of them.

And he trots out the old canard again to prove it. The eternal vicitm who nobody likes. Get over it! The world is sick and tired of these excuses. If creat the rerality you want to live in and your choices are clear. If you want to live in an eternal state of conflict and blame the Arabs when you behave like a brute then continue wspewing the same tribalistic venom, but dont blame anyone else but your little self that feels the big bad world is nothing but a pack of anti-semites and Jews and Israel should not be judged because it rules through exceptionalis. You behave like a brute, so you will be treated but dont whine about it and blame the other. The world has moe conscience in this than you or your il have in theri little fingers.

Ignore any and all reports that US Jews trust Obama. We don't. He has given us every reason not to trust him. Hitler pulled the same stunt over and over again until he had all of Europe under his control. Even if Obama doesn't turn out to be another Hitler, he's been following same familiar and disturbing pattern.

Talk about stupidity,you Israelite must have done something right in conquering America,now more resources go to Israel and for israels protection then the entire years budget for native reserves,go figure,its your world we just live in it.

Time to lay off Obama.He made a complete fool of himself,got a whipping and had to back down. It's in writing from him:his government would not impose a peace settlement. and ''I also recognize that in order for any agreement to endure, peace cannot be imposed from the outside,". Put the letter in a safe place to be used in future,if necessary,and let Obama sulk in private. THREE CHEERS FOR ISRAEL!!!

china is making a note of names of americans online in case the united states government defaults on its debt. just thought i would let you know.china is really worried by the sheer mountains of dollars it is owed by the united states.

Obama cannot continue calling his Administration a "Ally of Israel" while he is doing everything to undermine Israel. Israel and the US needs only to look what happened in Gaza after Israel left it. Terror is running wild while the US is pumping billions into this wasteland only to fill the pockets of the terror chiefs. Israel pulled out of a portion of Lebanon only to see a hostile Hizballa government take over. Obama is hostile to Israel while ignoring the Iranian threat to the US and its interests. Chavez and his gang are mocking the US while the administration is showing unparallelled weakness.

You know anti-Semitism is working when a guy with the name of Yaakov Sullivan regurgitates anti-Israeli rhetoric. First and foremost Yaakov, the US has supported Israel because it has been the right thing to do. The majority pro-Arab block in the General Assembly since 1947 has never voted anything pro-Israel. Neither has the Security Council. And so next time you run short of a toilet roll, take your so-called international opinions and law from the General Assembly, stick them together and use them as you think fit. Because if you ever think that this body is capable of justice, then you really have no clue how this world works. Israel is cannot win sympathy in these quaters, no matter what it does, so it might as well do the right thing. The bigger story, and danger to Israel is that the conflict is not an Palestinian-Israeli but an Arab-Israel one and evil men make it their purpose in life to inflict pain on the Jews.

Once again words are being used to comfort Israel and its allies. Words like "our commitment to Israel is unshakeable and that no wedge will be driven between us" are at best laughable if not outright misleading and dishonest. In the past several weeks, the Obama administration has made a 180 degrees turn around in crucial policy matters pertaining to Israel and the Middle East. 1) Obama views settlements as the core issue that will make or break peace between Israel and the Pals. 2) Obama decided not to use the military option against Iran. 3) Obama views Israel as the main obstacle to improving the Arab/Moslem conflict with the West. This in itself is absurd and reminds us of the age old accusations against Jews that they are the source of all problems. 4) The administration stated that the conflict between Israel and the Pals are cosing US lives in the Afgan war. This is Chicago style blackmail while it ignites anti Israel and anti Jewish sentiments in the West.

Why this litany of: "you are our special friend and we are in an umbilical reltionship with you and on and on ad nauseum. Every week there is yet another statement of solidaity. Israel is not an innocent victim but a world military power with nuclear weapons in control of another nation of the land designated as that peoples homeland. Why this "special relationship" crap all the time. Israel is an ally but allies work with the US and share its interests and doesnt work against them.Israel has been given the option to follow international law and meet its obligations in regard to EJ and the colonies still going up, or not. If it continues to defy US and international opinion and law, then it is not behaving like an ally but a bully and we should condition our policy accordingly.Enough wit this "special relationship" crap. Time for the US to confront Israel's arrogance and defiance with strength and firmness of position.

As long as Muslims continue to rally around the terms Jihad and infidels, like we continue to hear on a daily basis, non-Muslims are going to reject the notion that Islam is peaceful. Some say that it will take another 1,000 years for Islam to turn the corner (enter its enlightened period) when it will understand that expectations and reality are two different things.

" But thanks to the internet, and news sites like the BBC, Guardian, and even Ha`aretz, more Americans are moving closer the EU and rest of the world view of Israel, which is a net negative." Meanwhile, Gallup Polls recently showed that American favorability toward Israel is among the highest ever, and that it's the 5th favorite place in American public opinion. You're full of crap.

The love/hate relationship between the USA and Israel is the same as the cycle of the ebb and flow of the daily tides. Throughout USA history the Jewish people have done more good than bad. In fact I cannot remember any bad. No wait there was the problem with the USS Liberty. The verdict is still not in on that one. Check out all the economic growth since we Jews arrived on your shores. We are not a welfare people. We make things happen and work hard. Too bad we do not have oil ...that is why you need to love the other countries. But what else do they have to offer in the long run.

realy Mr. President? Nothing?. We have no National interests that we need to consdier . we have no distinction between our inetrests and Israel's interests?.Nothing. We will committ our boys lives to protect Israel ( right or wrong) . We would alienate 1.2 Billion Muslims. We will fight the world for Israel??? This is not a mutual respect relationship , this is extorition and a parastici relationship....Especialy when Israel does everything we ask it not to do ( little as it may be the case) .

The Israeli government decided to make this a public debate in the US. The Israeli government didn't have to tell Biden to shove it publicly. The Israeli government is the one that said all its prior commitments were trash and that the US and Palestinians had to just live with that. The Israeli government has a list as long as its arm of its preconditions. They are distorting Obama's positions and taking the argument into the US press. Obama is right to respond in the US press and maybe should from the Oval Office, on TV, too.

American Jews like Alan Solow can continue to drink the Obama Kool Aid and grow increasingly irrelevant to their respective communities. Solow is a prime example of a Jew who thinks he's gotten close to power and, among other things, attempts to preserve his place at the table with his softball to Obama. "See, he really, truly loves us". Here's the bottom line - anyone who sat for 20 years in Jeremiah Wrights congregation and was an important part of the Million manMarch that featured Louis Farrakhan as its keynote speaker cannot possibly be a friend of the Jews or a reliable ally to the State of Israel. Actions speak much more loudly and clearly then words, and despite the U.S. Government acknowledging that Syria is likely to have violated UN 1701 and shipped Scud Ds to Hezbollah, there are no consequences, as our Secty of State Hillary Clinton continues to advocate for an Ambassador to Syria. Nor are there consequences to Iran despite repeated provocations. What now Mr. Solow?

Assurances of love are the integral part of betrayal.

to study nuclear research as they have in the past with other past U.S. presidents. And no sales for parts for the Dimona Plant. This is how we show how close the u.s./Israeli relationship is. Who woulda thunk!!!

I don't think he's posturing. He has been very, some would say overly, consistent in displaying open support for Israel, if not the current leadership. Obama often uses words like "unshakeable," "unbreakable," even "sacrosanct" once. Yes he also once said that no people in the world are suffering like the Palestinians, but remember he retracted that and apologized. Besides his top advisers, David Axelrod and Rahm Emanuel, are Jewish. I think this is all coming from a deep conviction?and all the fears about the nefarious agenda of "Barack Hussein" are hysterical racist nonsense. Alex www.leadel.net Jewish Media Hub for the 21st Century

'Obama should ... [separate] the US commitment to Israel from the interests of Likud and Netanyahu. Likud and Netanyahu represent the interests of Israel, Mark. Along with their coalition partners, they are Israel's government. Obama seems to finally understand this - even if you don't - and although I am closer to his views - and yours - on the E Jerusalem building controversy, there is a right and a wrong way to disagree with, and to place pressure on, a wayward ally and friend. Obama initially got it about as wrong as possible. What you now see is damage control and righting the course. From here on, the discussions and debate between Obama and Netanyahu goes on behind closed doors - not under the in klieg lights of the world media, as you would still have it.

Only Israel can distance Israel from the US. And Israel is trying its best.

After reading your post detailing the steps the other side must take, my understanding is that you feel Obama must force them to accept all the points of your program to push both sides equally. Some could reasonably feel this is taking your side completely and ignoring their wants and needs. But then again they are not zionists.

frankly speaking I find this hit-and-hug attitude towards Israel pretty uncomfortable. It certainly creates a sense of insecurity and unpredictability at the Israelis. This is not good! The Obama-adm. appears fickle to me and I suggest it takes a time-out, sits down to think through what kind of politics it wants to do and then just keeps focused on them. Israel needs know, where it stands and what to do in respect to the Obama-adm.. This is in her interests. The Obama-adm. is making Israel feel insecure by digging ground under her while tapping her on the head. No games, please and playing with our emotions. What direction the Obama-adm. is leaning at and what its true purposes are, are the questions we want honest answers to. This kind of misleading "sweet" talk to patch up the tough measures the Obama adm. has impelemented on Israel recently and tied her hands in order to prevent her to act on her best survival instinct does not flatter us. It underestimates us, Israel.

These speeches proof one of tow things. 1- The Bibi government is miscalculating and miss reading the situation and becoming more stubborn toward the peace process. or 2- The Obama administration is on a none stop blinking and letting Bibi gets away with what ever he wants while the Pals leadership is yet to wake up.

moderate Muslims... Where are they ? Their silents is very noisy.

in answer to obama yes we can distinguish between noise and truth and it is apparent you are producing an abundance of noise. stabbing Israel in the back with one side of your mouth and saying you are Israels best friend with other is hypocritical. we are not as blind and stupid as he seems to think!

The only american president who suspended the garantees for Israel was a republican Georges Bush. He decided the interests of the USA were the principal task of an american president. So does Obama and with much more consideration for us than Bush.

as general Petraeus stated needs a cooling down of things in the ME,to strengthen the moderates and better isolate the extremists.

will have his say in this matter.A two state solution is long overdue and the ME needs to cool down.

Sadly, Israel is still not good in making peace, even with friends

In Obama's gung-ho rush to Cairo to praise the Palestinians and the Muslim world for achievements that really should not be lavished collectively at this stage in history, and by most nations standards, and then with his calculated pressure machine directed on Jerusalem, he has realized that by his actions, the Arab and Muslim world have been emboldened to wage war on Israel once again. To try and repair some of that damage he comes out with statements about the bond between Israel and the US. I hope Obama realizes that some of his advisor like Brezinsky, are way too radical and do not offer realistic solutions.

Obama may be bad for Jews.Let it be so. But he should not be bad for America. That is his duty. Not to be good to Jews.And if 1.8% of American people can vote him out, well that is very amusing "Obama to U.S. Jews: Nothing will distance us from Israel".That was the most rediculous statement Obama could make.American national interests demand that he should not have made that stupis sstaement.

Obama is on the run. His poll ratings are tanking. Support for Israel among the American people stands at 63% whereas he can only count on about a 40% approval rating from the populace. His support among the Jewish community will continue to erode. Independants have expressed grave dissaffection with his "leadership." Time to send the democrats in congress packing in the Novemeber lections and 2 years hence celebrate regime change in the White House.

The US and Kenya are the only two countries that view Israel as a net positive influence. The US margin was 40 positive, 31 negative and growing negative despite biased media coverage dominating our airwaves. But thanks to the internet, and news sites like the BBC, Guardian, and even Ha'aretz, more Americans are moving closer the EU and rest of the world view of Israel, which is a net negative.

Obama, if you will not impose peace on us, there will not be peace!!!

If the right wing distortions get bad enough and the daily right wing attacks continue, Obama should respond publicly and in a manner that leaves no doubt and in a manner that cannot be matched. He should respond using the tools available only to the President of the United States, separating the US commitment to Israel from the interests of Likud and Netanyahu.

Dear Mr Obama It's simple. If it is your wish that there be two states (Israel & Palestine) living peacefully beside eachother, then you need to push both sides equally. You need to tell The Palestinians that to get to this point, they have to accept Israel as a Jewish State, put this into their Charter & absorb their refugees themselves (like Israel does). They need to renounce violence, become truly democratic & accept responsibility for the violence done by their people. Simply, they need to become peaceful and law abiding. No less so, Israel must accept its obligations for a peaceful co-existence. Oh and one last thing that you should know is that the Israel/Palestinian issue has nothing to do with Iran's behaviour & you should stop saying that it does. It is merely another tool in their box of tricks. Remove it and Iran will behave exactly as it does now.

...playing the blame game. The ego.

Once again, Obama only thinks he needs to explain his positions to those people who already support him. While Lauder and Eli Wiesel wrote open letters criticizing the President, Obama decided to contact Alan Solow, "chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations and a long-term Obama ally." Just like in Israel, as opposed to speaking to the Israeli people, he only speaks to those that support him. He doesn't reach out to those that criticze him. Seems to be a disturbing pattern, both doemstically for Obama, and internationally. Except, of course, with rogue regimes like China and Iran.

The same people who voted this man to power will vote him out in 2012!

At the latest by next year, when the West Bank Palestinians will unilaterally declare their independence from Israel, he will have to take a stance. And then he will have to make a choice between right-wing and mainstream Jews in Israel + the so called Jewish establishment and Christian Zionists/Evangelicals in the U.S..... ....and liberal Jews in Israel and the U.S., moderate Muslims all over the world, and pretty much the rest of the "neutral" world citizens. There is simply no way he can overcome the gap between them, it is far too big, I'm afraid...