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http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/rubin/278821
Obama Picked the Wrong Issue
Jennifer Rubin - 04.16.2010 - 9:18 AM
At the time, many of us who have been highly critical of Obama’s Israel policy noted that it was a bad idea for him to make Jerusalem housing permits the focus of his ire (at least for now). There is no issue so emotional and no aspect of the conflict with the Palestinians that so unites Jews as the historic capital of the Jewish people. And today, the depth of his misjudgment is laid bare by Elie Wiesel, who takes out full page ads in the Washington Post and Wall Street Journal to object to the assault on what he calls “the heart of our heart, the soul of our soul.”
He doesn’t mention Obama by name but his point could not be clearer: forget it, Mr. President. He writes, in part:
For me, the Jew that I am, Jerusalem is above politics. It is mentioned more than six hundred times in Scripture — and not a single time in the Koran. Its presence in Jewish history is overwhelming. There is no more moving prayer in Jewish history than the one expressing our yearning to return to Jerusalem. To many theologians, is IS Jewish history, to many poets, a source of inspiration. It belongs to the Jewish people and is much more than a city, it is what binds one Jew to another in a way that remains hard to explain. When a Jew visits Jerusalem for the first time, it is not the first time; it is a homecoming. The first song I heard was my mother’s lullaby about and for Jerusalem. Its sadness and joy are part of our collective memory.
He continues with a historical review of the city dating back to King David. And then he brings us up to date:
Today , for the first time in history, Jews, Christians and Muslims all may freely worship at their shrines. And contrary to certain media reports, Jews, Christians and Muslims ARE allowed to build their homes anywhere in the city. The anguish over Jerusalem is not about real estate but about memory.
What is the solution? Pressure will not produce a solution. Is there a solution? There must be, there will be. Why tackle the most complex and sensitive problem prematurely? Why not first take steps which allow the Israeli and Palestinian communities to find ways to live together in an atomosphere of security. Why not leave the most difficult, the most sensitive issue, for such a time?
It is significant that it is Wiesel – a Jewish figure without peer and the embodiment of Holocaust memory – who writes this. It is as powerful a rebuke to an American president as any he can receive. It is not simply a geopolitical critique; it is an indictment of Obama’s ignorance of and lack of sympathy with the Jewish people. It cannot be ignored.
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Elle Wiesel is a farce. The same with Ed Koch. Both of them supported Barack Hussein Obama, despite the overwhelming evidence that he would be anything but Pro-Israel.
eb22
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Elle Wiesel is a farce. The same with Ed Koch. Both of them supported Barack Hussein Obama, despite the overwhelming evidence that he would be anything but Pro-Israel.
eb22
Sadly people like Elle the Weasel, and Edwena Koch are well known Jewish figures that people look up to. To the uninformed what people like them say carries a great deal of clout. Not that Koch ever pretended to be overly observant or played up the fact of his Jewish roots however people perceived such. People like this are more destructive then the worst antisemitic animal.
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How much you want to bet that these two self-hating creatures, Elie the Weasel and Edwina Koch, will both support Barack Hussein Osama for reelection in 2012?
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Nellie the Weasel is the slime of the earth. He's up there with Eichmann (yimach schmo) in my opinion for his support of a holocaust against Serbs.
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Why do disgusting and evil people like Nellie the Weasel live for so long? He's the scum of the earth.
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Re: Nellie the Weasel
He and Jesse Jackson just won't go away...the shakedown crew.
Business must be good.
I always wonder why the media describes these types of individuals as "Jewish Leaders" or "Black Leadership"...?
Who the hell elected them, anyway?
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I'm sure if it were the Nazi death camps, they would be just as critical because the gas didn't smell good...
What the heck!!??/ Why did he even vote for Obama?!
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Nellie the Weasel would open his own death camps for Jews if he thought the media would love him for it.
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While Elie the weasel is a weasel, who the hell is King Obama to speak against them on America's behalf?
He is ineligible to speak for the USA, this muslim pig from the mud huts of Kenya.