Comments on: Palestine – Kerry Risks Sacrificing Holy Land For Holy Dollar…writes David Singer

By: Liat Nagar

Liat Nagar — Fri, 28 Mar 2014 02:11:53 +0000

David,
Lucrative trade agreements are obviously not the only issue here, hence the seemingly careless attitude to them. Rather, it’s Obama’s Arab bias and dislike of Israel that is the issue. This in the end will prove to be stronger in his motivations than any policies for a peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians that might ultimately succeed and thereby give him and Kerry big historical reputations.
We all need to face the fact, I think, that thinking on peace now has morphed into a very different place indeed, albeit the same old one insofar as the basic problems associated with it, viz. non recognition by the Palestinians of Israel as a Jewish State with the right to its own determination and Jerusalem as its capital. This is the shoresh, root, that needs to be left intact, and the rest that is continually argued about is mere fluff.
Of course, all nations think of themselves in regard to economic prospects when considering their alliances, however the USA has an abysmal record for interference and gross misconduct in the affairs of others, particularly over the past one hundred years or so.

By: David Singer

David Singer — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 00:01:16 +0000

In reply to Morty Mur.

Morty

The main point is that Israel is the nation state of the Jews – the Jewish State propounded by the UN and rejected by the Arabs – with the Jewish population numbering 6,102,000 (75.2%); 1,682,000 (20.6%) are Arabs; and, those identified as “others” (non-Arab Christians, Baha’i, etc) make up 348,000 people (4.2%).

It is indeed a sobering thought that none of iIsrael’s neighbours possess a minority population of 20% who are not Moslems.

That minority in Israel is indeed happy and Israel is continuously striving to make them happier. This is not an easy thing to achieve given the level of Islamic hatred that seeks to eliminate the Jewish State and the vast resources needed to be spent countering that hatred for the last 65 years rather than improving the lives of all Israelis.

Israel continues to be a light to the nations whilst darkness has descended on many of its neighbours.

The Arab League can change the region with a flick of the switch. That it fails to do so will guarantee long nights of suffering for both Jews and Arabs.

By: Morty Mur

Morty Mur — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 06:37:32 +0000

Oh come now, what’s the fuss all about? Israel isn’t a Jewish state! It’s full of Ethiopian doctors, Druze radio anchors, feminist Christian IDF veterans, Muslim Bedouin former army officers, Catholic scout leaders who served with the Israeli Air Force, and so on. Sure, Jews live in Israel too, but it’s all one big happy family – that’s the main point!

http://www.jwire.com.au/news/aujs-launch-i-am-an-israeli-campaign/41384

By: david singer

david singer — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 01:49:06 +0000

In reply to Liat Nagar.

Liat

I guess most countries conduct foreign relations with an eye to garnering international goodwill to help promote their economic prospects – which leads in many cases to many countries being prepared to abandon principle for prospective economic gain.

What I have tried to highlight in this article is that Kerry and Obama have gone much further – in being prepared to throw away signed commitments made between President Bush and Ariel Sharon in 2004 in an endeavour to secure lucrative trade contracts for American business enterprises in Arab and Islamic countries in 2014.

That is an entirely different kettle of fish.

Trashing America’s good name by trashing commitments made with one of its most trusted and reliable allies – Israel – to seek trade opportunities with Israel’s enemies – will in my opinion turn into a massive policy failure for Obama and Kerry.

The Holy Land is set to erupt in conflict because Kerry and Obama have apparently now watered down the written commitments made by Bush in his letter dated 14 April 2004 to Sharon – supposedly justifying their actions by reference to a new American foreign policy that now places economics above honour.

By: Liat Nagar

Liat Nagar — Sun, 23 Mar 2014 04:03:40 +0000

Has America ever really done anything internationally without money and its own greedy financial gains and power in mind?

By: Otto Waldmann

Otto Waldmann — Fri, 21 Mar 2014 21:55:14 +0000

Is it really just a matter of one single expression which shall determine the fate of the conflict !!!??

By: Gil Solomon

Gil Solomon — Fri, 21 Mar 2014 03:45:03 +0000

What Obama and the US Congress allow to happen is one matter.
It is clear that this Administration plus a vast number of the democrats in Congress couldn’t care less about Israel.

Nor do vast numbers of those fools of the diaspora (American Jews), care less, as if they did they would be marching down Pennsylvania Avenue in protest at this Administration’s policies. Most care not simply because they know nothing, how else is it that they still support Obama?