"I am proud to say that no U.S. administration
has done more in support of Israel's security than ours. None. Don't let
anybody else tell you otherwise. It is a fact." -- President Obama,
Friday, Dec. 16
Bill Kristol, in his capacity as chairman of the
Emergency Committee for Israel:
"President Obama protests too much. It is not a
fact that his administration has been strong in support of Israel. It is a fact
that in the past month alone, Obama administration officials have blamed Israel
for the failure of the peace process, blamed Israel for fraying relations with
the increasingly Islamist governments in Egypt and Turkey, compared Israel to
Iran, and blamed Israel for Muslim anti-Semitism in Europe. The president
hasn't clarified or repudiated any of these remarks. Israel's security doesn’t
come from campaign-season platitudes delivered to Jewish audiences. Israel’s
security depends on an American president who stands with Israel all the time,
in public and private, before audiences foreign and domestic -- and whose
administration's first instinct isn't to blame Israel first. The president's
wishes to the contrary notwithstanding, the Emergency Committee for Israel will
continue to tell it like it is." -- William Kristol, Friday, Dec. 16
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