tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708139263643046536.post724871967609814614..comments2024-03-28T14:59:42.168-04:00Comments on Kresta In The Afternoon: Today on Kresta - June 2, 2011Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708139263643046536.post-32703809688456439652011-06-02T14:07:04.751-04:002011-06-02T14:07:04.751-04:00Al,
I want to go back to your May 27 interview w...Al, <br /><br />I want to go back to your May 27 interview with Stanley Kurtz and Peter Wehner. It was about Obama's supposed hostility toward Israel by calling for Israel to return to the 1967 border. I have a few questions for you: <br /><br />1. Homosexual journalist <a href="http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2011/05/a-joint-statement-from-clinton-and-netanyahu.html" rel="nofollow">Andrew Sullivan</a> found <a href="http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Government/Communiques/2010/Joint_statement_PM_Netanyahu_US_Sec_Clinton_11-Nov-2010.htm" rel="nofollow">this joint statement</a> on the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs website. It was issued last November 11 after Benjamin Netanyahu met with Hillary Clinton. <br /><br />Here's the important quote from that Israeli government website: "The Prime Minister and the Secretary agreed on the importance of continuing direct negotiations to achieve our goals. The Secretary reiterated that 'the United States believes that through good-faith negotiations, the parties can mutually agree on an outcome which ends the conflict and reconciles the Palestinian goal of an independent and viable state, based on the 1967 lines, with agreed swaps, and the Israeli goal of a Jewish state with secure and recognized borders that reflect subsequent developments and meet Israeli security requirements.' Those requirements will be fully taken into account in any future peace agreement." <br /><br />Compare that quote to what Obama said on May 19: "We believe the borders of Israel and Palestine should be based on the 1967 lines with mutually agreed swaps, so that secure and recognized borders are established for both states." <br /><br />In your interview with Kurtz and Wehner you said that Obama has a hostile attitude toward Israel, consistent with his Chicago roots. Now that you've read the Netanyahu-Clinton joint statement on that Israeli government website, and see that it agrees with Obama's recent statement, do you think that Netanyahu is likewise hostile toward Israel? <br /><br />2. I listened to the BBC after Obama gave his May 19 speech. The commentators reported that Obama said nothing new in regard to U.S policy toward Israel and Palestine, and they wondered why he even brought it up. Later, I looked at some liberal websites like <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/security/2011/05/19/176617/obama-israel-1967/" rel="nofollow">Think Progress</a> and <a href="http://mediamatters.org/research/201105230050" rel="nofollow">Media Matters for America.</a> They show that Obama had essentially reiterated the policies of George W. Bush. <br /><br />Was George W. Bush hostile to Israel? <br /><br />3. Why did you participate in the right-wing hysteria over Obama's statement?maumanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250198272377329639noreply@blogger.com