Israel expects likely Democratic nominee Barack Obama to win the Presidency in November and is so worried by the prospect that they are preparing for a final settlement with their enemies to secure defensible borders. Why is Israel so scared of an Obama Presidency that they are potentially willing to cede the Golan Heights to Syria and create an Arab state in Judea and Samaria (West Bank) in order to achieve a lasting settlement? Simply because they fear that he would pressure them to concede even more, they fear he would push little Israel in to an agreement that completely untenable, leaving Israel a smaller, indefensible state. Why do they fear this?
Whilst he may not have openly made anti-Semitic statement - he is a careful politician afterall - he clearly has no problem working closely with anti-Semites. The Pastor of his church (the same church he has attended for the past 20 years) lauded vicious anti-Semite Louis Farrakhan with the Trumpeter Award, saying he "truly epitomised greatness." Obama initially defended Wright, blaming white oppression for his Pastor's racism. He then claimed he didn't know about the extreme anti-American and anti-Semitic views of Jeremiah Wright, this is his Pastor of 20 years, a man he calls his mentor. He only distanced himself from the explosive comments only after it was politically expedient to do so. We are left to conclude that whilst there is nothing to suggest that Obama is an anti-Semite, he clearly has no problem with anti-Semitism in those he surrounds himself with, which - in my book - make him guilty by association. For most people, if their church celebrated a prominent racist and anti-Semite, it would be time to find a new church - or at least register their protest. But Obama did neither.
Obama hired General Merrill McPeak, as his military advisor and co-chair of his presidential campaign. This man is a longtime critic of Israel, condemning the Jewish state harshly during his career, arguing that American Jews hinder peace in the region and even blamed the Iraq war on the Jews. Again, none of this bothered Obama... until it became public. Obama does not care about anti-Semitism in his advisors, until it may be politically damaging to him.
Obama has even suggested talking with Iran, without any preconditions, just as Chamberlain did with Hitler at Munich. The Iranian government is a vile, anti-Semitic regime that is seeking a nuclear weapon and has promised to wipe Israel off of the map. This is why there are groups, such as Jews Against Obama, who have been formed to oppose an Obama Presidency.
So with all of this evidence, it is understandable that Israel would fear being bullied and pressured by such a President. The USA is one of Israel's only friends. The liberal EU is anti-Israel and very pro-Palestinian, the UN is openly hostile to Zionism and unashamedly anti-Semitic, Russia supplies aggressive arab regimes with military equipment. If Obama becomes President, that would make it four anti-Israel members out of the four partners who make up the "Quartet on the Middle East." Without a strong and determined government, prepared to stand up for what is best for Israel, even against international denunciations and reprobation, the weight of international pressure, without any ally, would force the country into an unprecedented series of dangerous concessions that threaten the future security of the Jewish state.
Even the Olmert government understands that an Obama Presidency would be catastrophic for Israel.
Whilst he may not have openly made anti-Semitic statement - he is a careful politician afterall - he clearly has no problem working closely with anti-Semites. The Pastor of his church (the same church he has attended for the past 20 years) lauded vicious anti-Semite Louis Farrakhan with the Trumpeter Award, saying he "truly epitomised greatness." Obama initially defended Wright, blaming white oppression for his Pastor's racism. He then claimed he didn't know about the extreme anti-American and anti-Semitic views of Jeremiah Wright, this is his Pastor of 20 years, a man he calls his mentor. He only distanced himself from the explosive comments only after it was politically expedient to do so. We are left to conclude that whilst there is nothing to suggest that Obama is an anti-Semite, he clearly has no problem with anti-Semitism in those he surrounds himself with, which - in my book - make him guilty by association. For most people, if their church celebrated a prominent racist and anti-Semite, it would be time to find a new church - or at least register their protest. But Obama did neither.
Obama hired General Merrill McPeak, as his military advisor and co-chair of his presidential campaign. This man is a longtime critic of Israel, condemning the Jewish state harshly during his career, arguing that American Jews hinder peace in the region and even blamed the Iraq war on the Jews. Again, none of this bothered Obama... until it became public. Obama does not care about anti-Semitism in his advisors, until it may be politically damaging to him.
Obama has even suggested talking with Iran, without any preconditions, just as Chamberlain did with Hitler at Munich. The Iranian government is a vile, anti-Semitic regime that is seeking a nuclear weapon and has promised to wipe Israel off of the map. This is why there are groups, such as Jews Against Obama, who have been formed to oppose an Obama Presidency.
So with all of this evidence, it is understandable that Israel would fear being bullied and pressured by such a President. The USA is one of Israel's only friends. The liberal EU is anti-Israel and very pro-Palestinian, the UN is openly hostile to Zionism and unashamedly anti-Semitic, Russia supplies aggressive arab regimes with military equipment. If Obama becomes President, that would make it four anti-Israel members out of the four partners who make up the "Quartet on the Middle East." Without a strong and determined government, prepared to stand up for what is best for Israel, even against international denunciations and reprobation, the weight of international pressure, without any ally, would force the country into an unprecedented series of dangerous concessions that threaten the future security of the Jewish state.
Even the Olmert government understands that an Obama Presidency would be catastrophic for Israel.
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