tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post7708265576458744914..comments2024-01-01T01:47:59.449+02:00Comments on Yaacov Lozowick's Ruminations: Tactic or Strategy?Yaacovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12835192312242961481noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-88194504279284157342010-04-03T04:57:30.134+03:002010-04-03T04:57:30.134+03:00Agreeing to a 4 month building freeze in Jerusalem...Agreeing to a 4 month building freeze in Jerusalem is a profound threat to Israel’s sovereignty and chances of survival since it legitimizes Obama’s implicit assertion that Israel has no legal or moral claim to Jerusalem, not even to neighborhoods like Ramot, Gilo and in the future French Hill, Ramat Eshkol and the like. I very much hope that, given the history of the Jews, Israelis can recognize Obama for who he is, a true believer in the anti-Israel ideologies that are dominant in American academia and which are a significant threat to the Jewish people. He represents a very real and grave danger to Israel and its legitimacy in the eyes of the world. Having worked in academia in the US for many years, I am familiar with Obama’s type of Israel/Jew hatred and the deep and fanatic dedication to the “Palestinian cause” which he will further by any means. For now, I believe, he is trying to delegitimize Israel and prepare the way for his own goals.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-53082953613969443232010-04-01T13:01:29.812+03:002010-04-01T13:01:29.812+03:00Had the Administration asked nicely, most Israelis...Had the Administration asked nicely, most Israelis might have agreed to a 4 month freeze in "east" Jerusalem.<br /><br />But no one in Israel trusts this Administration to keep any promises to Israel. Where is Israel's benefit if it should make this huge concession on Jerusalem? Israel has not been rewarded for its huge concession on Yesha - just the exact opposite.<br /><br />Israel needs to say "NO" to land for peace and on dividing Jerusalem which is bound to lead to the beginning of the end of the Jewish State. No good can come of Israel strengthening a virulently anti-Israel American President.NormanFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03365459073293643108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-83360540646089150312010-03-31T22:11:55.508+03:002010-03-31T22:11:55.508+03:00"the reopening of a Palestinian commercial of..."the reopening of a Palestinian commercial office"<br /><br />He is probably referring to Orient House, which was billed as a cultural center but was in fact Arafat's Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem and was involved hand and foot in the second intifada, and for that reason it was closed by the Israelis.Sylvianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-7378571141416501732010-03-31T20:53:13.601+03:002010-03-31T20:53:13.601+03:00and asking the Israelis for yet another concession...and asking the Israelis for yet another concession is not appeasement?<br />Silke<br /><br />"Event at London Mosque Calls for Third Intifada"<br />http://standpointmag.co.uk/node/2900Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-35958579845874666202010-03-31T19:48:59.611+03:002010-03-31T19:48:59.611+03:00Obama most likely believes that the existence of I...Obama most likely believes that the existence of Israel at all, is, at best an historical inconvenience that should, in the long run, disappear. He is so rabid on this point because it happens to intersect with his political view that this would be a good thing to happen in light of his embrace of the Muslim world, anyway.Empress Trudyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06073538968722986065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-2289211280677643022010-03-31T19:00:54.614+03:002010-03-31T19:00:54.614+03:00Obama and his advisors seem to believe that all la...Obama and his advisors seem to believe that all land over the '67 border is illegally occupied and that Israel's legal, moral and historic claims are baseless and offensive. They also seem to believe that justice demands all land over the '67 border be turned over to the Palestinians.<br /><br />Thus in ObamaWorld, a Palestinian home--regardless of where it is built, or in violation of what laws it was constructed--can never be illegal since all of "East" Jerusalem rightfully belongs to the Palestinians anyway. And bringing a Palestinian commercial office into "East" Jerusalem doesn't bias a potential agreement, it is completely consistent with what this administration believes is the outcome that is both just and in the interests of the US, the region and world peace.<br /><br />That is my psychological assessment of Obama. Of course, I have no training or expertise in psychology. But Obama, Axelrod and company have no training or expertise regarding the Middle East, just platitudes, sentiments and biases passed as accepted wisdom and common sense among their friends and colleagues in every circle in which they have moved.4infidelsnoreply@blogger.com