Note: The following TWO articles (below) are posted on Israpundit.
The question asked me often during the past week is, "After elections, do you think Obama will press Israel to make further appeasements with the PA's - appeasements that will undermine Israel's security?"
Judging from the disrespect Obama has shown Israel these past two years and his ever-present, constant support for Islam, my guess would be "Yes! Obama will attempt to be the first president to bring "peace" to the Middle East." However, we all know that his idea of peace would NOT be peace, but the beginning of the end of Israel, as we know it today.
I happen to agree with Ted Belman **(see below) - Obama's agenda has nothing to do with today's elections. Obama merely took a few months off to hit the campaign trail and that gave many pause to wonder if he had decided to step lightly, concerning Israel-PA's peace talks.
Well, tomorrow begins a new day and sadly, while Americans have fought hard in the voting booths to bring "balance" to Washington, along with some common sense ... Obama's methods and agenda have not changed towards Israel, or his Islamic friends. A president that uses the White House to hold dinners, celebrating Ramadan; a president who removed the ability to define America's real enemies; i.e. Islamic terrorists; a president who insists that the last 1400 years of Islamic murders, wars and terror have nothing to do with his "religion of peace"; a president that lives in denial and refuses to face his responsibility of keeping America safe (and its allies) is NOT a president to be trusted - period.
The question that should be asked this evening, is one I ask Israel's leaders and that is, "Is the safety of Israel more important than appeasing the Arabs? Is the security of Israel more import than bowing to any nation who would remove your ability to defend yourself from the onslaught of nuclear attack, or attacks from missiles shot from the terrorists on your borders? Are the Israeli citizens living in Judea and Samaria allowed to live in peace on their own land, without interference from nations who wish your demise?
Israeli citizens were moved by force out of their homes in Gaza and Americans watched the TV in horror, to see the grief on the faces of mothers and fathers being dragged out of their homes and off their property, for the sake of peace with the Arabs.
Israel - you have not gained one moment's peace since leaving Gaza to the Muslims - why on earth would anyone expect a different outcome, if you stop building and force Israeli's to leave one inch of property to the Muslims in Judea or Samaria?!I do not have a crystal ball, cannot foretell the future, but if what is stated in the articles below have an ounce of truth to them, may your decisions be what is best for Israelis - not what is best for those who wish to rob you of your land and remove your capabilities to defend yourself from terrorism.
I often see the photo of the soldiers looking up to the Wall in Jerusalem - and can't imagine the joy that touched their hearts and souls that day, that moment. That same joy and enthusiastic spirit must once again fill your hearts, as each of us look to the One who has promised the Jews the "Land of Israel, forever."
The world loses, if you lose - be strong and of good courage.
Bee Sting
I have posted this articles links several times in the past in the comments. Apparently it has not resonated either with Ted or anyone else. It has with me even before Moshe Dann’s article (see below). There has been a strong Lobby in the American Defense establishments including and especially the CIA and State Dept. to force Israel to give up our nuclear deterrent. Egypt Vocally and Saudi Arabia quietly have been lobbying American and all international bodies to pressure Israel to forgo her nuclear arsenal. Iran has given America a degree of leverage over Israel that extends and exceeds what has been till now. The closer Iran gets to that hypothetical point of no return the more leverage America has to use against Israel and our national interests i.,e survival! A nuclear defanged Israel is an Israel with no realistic long or short term deterrent. Yamit
“I understand those who protest that some countries have weapons that others do not. No single nation should pick and choose which nations hold nuclear weapons. That is why I strongly reaffirmed America’s commitment to seek a world in which no nations hold nuclear weapons. And any nation – including Iran – should have the right to access peaceful nuclear power if it complies with its responsibilities under the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. That commitment is at the core of the Treaty, and it must be kept for all who fully abide by it. And I am hopeful that all countries in the region can share in this goal.” Pres. Barack Hussein Obama, June 4, 2009
As a policy statement, this means that America (or any other country) cannot deny the right of any country to WMD. It undercuts the reasons for America’s attack in Iraq, assents to nuclear proliferation and precludes any action against Iran. It also turns the focus on Israel.
Amidst all of the distortions and inaccuracies of Pres Obama’s speech in Cairo, this paragraph sends chills through Israel’s intelligence community. His reference was not just to Iranian nuclear weapons, but “any nation” that has, or acquires them. That includes Israel.
Obama’s emphasis on a commitment to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, something which Israel has refused to agree, since that means opening all of its facilities to inspection – including its top secret plant in Dimona – is a direct threat to Israel’s security. Aware of Israel’s long-standing policy in this matter, Obama shifts the attack.
By linking support for Israel against Iran with a halt to all settlement building, and establishing a second Arab Palestinian state, Obama has set the stage for his big prize: Dimona.
Aware that no Israeli government can agree to a complete freeze in building, Obama can blame Israel for American inaction against Iran, and lack of support for its war in Afghanistan. It’s a perfect excuse: ‘Israel didn’t do enough; it’s Israel’s fault.’
“Israeli intransigence” will be given as the reason for America’s failure. ‘If only Israel had evacuated more settlements, stopped building, dismantled more checkpoints, given more aid to Hamas, stopped demolishing illegal Arab buildings, etc., we could have done something,’ Obama will say.
But Obama’s real agenda is not settlements; it’s Israel’s nuclear capacity. Egypt especially has been urging the US to force Israel to open its facility at Dimona. Prior to the “Six Day” War in 1967, Russian spy-planes flew over Dimona and, according to Isabella Ginor and Gideon Remez (Foxbats Over Dimona) wanted to bomb it. No doubt, Arab terrorist groups like Al Qaida, Hamas and Hezbullah have Dimona in their sights as well.
The key to neutralizing Israel’s nuclear capacity is the NPT. As his speech clearly indicates, Israel’s agreement to the NPT is the lever to gain Iranian compliance. ‘How can Israel be allowed to have nuclear weapons,’ Obama suggests, ‘and not Iran, or any other country?’
Unlike any other President, Obama has put Israel in a difficult, if not impossible position. If it refuses to agree to sign the NPT, Israel will be isolated and blamed for lack of progress on Iran. If it agrees, Israel will lose a vital strategic deterrent.
Well aware of terrorist threats to America, and concerned about investments and interests throughout the world, Obama sees pushing Israel against the wall as a convenient way of deflecting Muslim terrorism. As long as Islamists think that Obama is on their side, they’ll refrain from attacking, keep the oil flowing and the prices low.
Iran may even be willing to make cosmetic (and temporary) adjustments so that Obama can claim that the crisis has been defused. And Israel will pay the price: sanctions, boycotts, diplomatic and economic isolation similar to the international pressures that broke South Africa’s apartheid regime.
Obama’s speech is an ominous warning of what he is prepared to do in order to strip Israel of its military advantage. Along with the loss of control over Judea and Samaria, territories that are vital for Israel’s security and access to water reserves, faced with Arab terrorist militias backed by Arab armies, Israel will be completely vulnerable.
The face of this Jihad is not one of ranting, bearded clerics, but smooth-talking, clean-shaven smiling apostles of peace and the Philosopher-King of Hope.
The author, a former asst professor of History (CUNY) is a writer and journalist living in Jerusalem. moshedan@netvision.net.il
Source: Israpundit Posted by yamit82 @ 2:57 pm
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Are negotiations with Abbas all about Iran?
By Ted Belman
Source: Israpundit
- the meaning is clear, and it does not depend on the outcome of today’s elections: You want to keep Dimona? Then you’ll pay the price to keep talking with Abbas – namely, a settlement freeze. And as for Iran, don’t be an idiot. Leave it to Obama.
Apparently Dennis Ross said
- “The entire American political spectrum views the challenge of Iran as a foremost national security priority of the United States,” . “An American security priority, not an Israeli one; the conflict with Iran is “ours.”
According to Ross, for all the importance of the recent increase in American military aid, Israel’s long-term security depends on real peace with its neighbors – and therefore, on the victory of the region’s moderates over its extremists. In the Palestinian context, this means seizing the fleeting opportunity provided by the leadership duo of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad. This, he added, is an American interest, not just an Israeli one. Thus it is not subject to Netanyahu’s sole discretion.
To my mind all that is necessary is to take out Iran and its proxies for there to be peace. There is no need to capitulate to the PA. America wants this as a gift to the moderates.
There is also talk about Netanyahu having accepted a deal in which Israel would lease the Jordan valley and east Jerusalem from the Arabs
as part of a deal It is suggested that the only thing in question is the length of the lease.
I can’t imagine Israel accepting any of these deals. Abbas has aleady rejected it.
