Will Obama deny US aid to Israel?
Published by Avi Green on Sunday, April 19, 2009 at 10:48 AM.
There is legitimate concern that Barack Obama's administration would cut off aid to Israel in order to force it to negotiate with the palestinians, and even to deter the country from defending itself against Iran. One journalist (via One Jerusalem) has written:
The US may have decided to boycott the Durban sequel, but their response to it is still weak. It's to be hoped that Congress can bring up the subject on their part and speak against the damage that Obama is leading to.
One of President Obama's closest foreign policy advisers, National Security Council member Samantha Power, is a proponent of ending military aid to Israel in order to force it to negotiate with Iran's Palestinian Islamist proxy, Hamas, and withdraw from all lands taken during the Six-Day War of June 1967. Power also advocates shifting aid to a Palestinian state. Overall, she views Israel as a liability and a historic mistake, in line with the European left position (and that of old-line, right-of-center, American isolationists and anti-Semites). Her antidemocratic admirers in the Democratic Party's (Hillary-hating) left wing agree and are eager for an opportunity to paint Israel as a Jewish North Korea (although they actually have more sympathy for North Korea than for Israel).More on the subject here. It's clearer than ever that Israel cannot afford to be discouraged from taking action against Iran's nuclear menace. Of course, it's Obama's irresponsibility that led to Iran's imprisoning the American-Iranian journalist.
The US may have decided to boycott the Durban sequel, but their response to it is still weak. It's to be hoped that Congress can bring up the subject on their part and speak against the damage that Obama is leading to.
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