Speaking of Israel… Rand Paul has a BIG problem, no?
Somehow Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is regarded by friend and foe alike as a legitimate potential GOP presidential candidate in 2016. I’ve heard CNN, FOX News — in an interview with Sean Hannity — and MSNBC refer to Paul as a serious candidate. Everyone is ignoring the GOP elephant in the room.
Now, I am aware that Paul can both stand and talk for a really LONG time. So, that’s fantastic, I guess. But when did the media and republican pundits decide that someone can run for president, under the banner of either of the two major parties, and actually win the nomination when they’ve stated flat-out that they are for ending all foreign aid to Israel?
No doubt, if he decides to run, he will flip on this issue. But can he get away with that, especially in a republican party that supposedly has unconditional love for Israel?
SHATTERED An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man is seen through a damaged car window after a rocket fired from Gaza landed in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod. Israel has reportedly massed troops on its border with Gaza, where air strikes have killed more than 20 Palestinians; three Israelis have died. (Photo: Amir Cohen / Reuters via The Telegraph)
President Barack Obama talks on the phone with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, in the Oval Office, Sept. 28, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
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Poll: 70% of Israelis say Israel should accept UN decision
Barack Obama is the best thing Israel has going for it right now. Why is that so difficult for Netanyahu and his American Jewish allies to understand? - New York Magazine
Bar Refaeli gave herself a mud bath at the Dead Sea in her native Israel, then tweeted this picture.
Israelis sleep outside in protest of climbing rental costs
This is how some Israelis choose to celebrate the “reunion of Jerusalem”, by spitting at Arabs, by standing in front of Mosque and shout loud and clear “Death to Arabs”, “Muhammad is dead”, ” Butcher the Arabs”, “I hate all Arabs” and “Listen well you Arabs ! we don’t want any making-up ! the refrain will always continue, May your village burn down, May your village burn down !”
Stay classy, Israel.
“Glenn Beck is going to Israel? Haven’t they suffered enough?”
(via niffin)
“The faux defenders of Israel always look ridiculous in the rear view mirror. Their fear of the words “Palestinian state” has been proven ridiculous. And their lies—their lies about what President Obama has said about Israel‘s future borders and their personal distrust of Barack Obama as an ally of Israel is a disgrace to their cause.”
“It was taken as a red flag by Netanyahu and what happened then was that even if this was implicit in things that previous Presidents had said, Netanyahu seized on it even before he got on the plane – he criticized the President. And in such a fashion, he lectured him in the Oval Office… . It was a stone-faced Barack Obama and Netanyahu basically treating him like a school-boy.”
President Obama’s speech at AIPAC’s Policy Conference - May 22, 2011
“Let me repeat what I actually said on Thursday,” Mr. Obama said in firm tones at one point, “not what I was reported to have said.”
“I said that the United States believes that negotiations should result in two states, with permanent Palestinian borders with Israel, Jordan, and Egypt, and permanent Israeli borders with Palestine. 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.”
Continue reading… NYTimes
“Any final status agreement must be reached between the two parties, and changes to the 1949 Armistice Lines must be mutually agreed to. A viable two-state solution must ensure contiguity on the West Bank, and a state of scattered territories will not work. There must also be meaningful linkages between the West Bank and Gaza. This is the position of the United States today; it will be the position of the United States at the time of final status negotiations.” - George W. Bush, 2005
(Pic MSNBC)
