Tel-Chai Nation

In Haaretz, they publish an article in which Israeli officials tell how they're let down with the Obama administration over its favoritism for the palestinians (Hat tip: Jihad Watch):

Tensions between Washington and Jerusalem are growing after the U.S. administration's demand that Israel completely freeze construction in all West Bank settlements. Israeli political officials expressed disappointment after Tuesday's round of meetings in London with George Mitchell, U.S. President Barack Obama's envoy to the Middle East.

"We're disappointed," said one senior official. "All of the understandings reached during the [George W.] Bush administration are worth nothing." Another official said the U.S. administration is refusing every Israeli attempt to reach new agreements on settlement construction. "The United States is taking a line of granting concessions to the Palestinians that is not fair toward Israel," he said.

The Israeli officials attributed the unyielding U.S. stance to the speech Obama will make in Cairo this Thursday, in which he is expected to deliver a message of reconciliation to the Arab and Muslim worlds. [...]

Herzog spoke to Mitchell and his staff about understandings reached by former prime ministers Ehud Olmert and Ariel Sharon with the Bush administration on allowing continued building in the large West Bank settlement blocs. He asked that a similar agreement be reached with the Obama government.

If only. However, can we be clear here: don't sugarcoat whatever agreements were reached with the Bush administration. Because even he, and his then secretary of state, Condoleeza Rice, were against it. What is the point of overlooking that? It does not help matters.

Update: in a related subject, here's a report from the Bulletin on how the State Dept. and Obama are opposing Jewish building even in Jerusalem.

Labels: anti-semitism, Israel, political corruption, United States