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Obama Administration Backs Arab Rallies in Jerusalem
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Arutz Sheva is reporting that sources within the PA are saying that the Obama administration is backing anti-Israel rallies in Jerusalem.
If this outrage is true, then this signals a huge escalation in the hostility towards Israel by the United States and, if true, Netanyahu will have no choice but to publicly repudiate Obama’s demands and incitement.
This is an incredibly dangerous and foolish game that Obama is playing with Israel’s security and this undoes years, maybe decades, of diplomacy and friendship with Israel. It also serves to continue emboldening Palestinian terrorists, as well as to give the PA leadership a free pass to shun the negotiating table.
The silver lining in this dark cloud is that at least Israel can clearly see Obama for what he is: an enemy of Israel. Had he taken the “friendly but forceful” tactic that had been used at times in the past, he would have been more successful at dividing Israel’s public opinion and possibly chasing Netanyahu out of office through public pressure and ultimately getting some or most of what he wants.
Instead, here the Israeli public can clearly see him for the enemy that he is to them, and his hostility has so far only served to rally the public behind Netanyahu (a few leftist newspaper pieces notwithstanding).
A high noon showdown seems to be looming.
UPDATE
A friend of mine commented to me:
which diplomats and what did they do by way of encouragement. Its so vague…
…the whole source for this is some unamed PA official. I assume you dont trust the PA to report things accurately?
Being that those are valid questions, I’ll take a moment to answer them here.
Yes, it is very vague, but the fact remains that there should be no U.S. diplomats getting involved on any level, and that if any do get involved they should be dealt with harshly.
Especially in light of the recent tensions with Israel, Obama should refute these reports if untrue, and should publicly reprimand those diplomats if true.
After all, when it recently reached Qaddafi’s ears that a Foggy Bottom diplomat ridiculed his U.N. “speech” (if anyone could even call it a “speech”), he was then made to publicly apologize to Qaddafi, and essentially to grovel for his forgiveness.
So, again, with tensions being what it is, and in light of Obama’s recent hostility towards Israel and Netanyahu, something like this needs to be addressed immediately… and it’s not. After all it has been two days since the original WND report broke.
As for trusting unnamed PA officials, no I certainly don’t trust the PA. It wasn’t that long ago that Saeb Erekat was decrying a “massacre” in Jenin. But, the difference here is that in this case this was apparently someone believable enough to be quoted in by reputable news sources.
And, again, the Jenin “massacre” flew in the face of all common sense. This, however, makes plenty of sense as part of continuing hostile escalations by Obama since his inauguration and especially in recent weeks.