Schumer: Obama's Israel Policy "Has to Stop" -Ben Smith
Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) [pictured] harshly criticized the Obama Administration's attempts to exert pressure on Israel on a New York radio show. "This has to stop," Schumer said of the administration's policy of publicly pressuring Israel to end construction in Jerusalem.
"I told the President and others in the administration that I thought the policy is counter-productive, because when you give the Palestinians hope that the United States will do its negotiating for them, they are not going to sit down and talk."
(Politico)
Obama Not Strong Enough on Israel, Voters Say
American voters disapprove by 44 to 35% of the way the President is handling the situation between Israel and the Palestinians, according to a Quinnipiac University poll.
Jewish voters, generally supportive of Obama on other issues, turn 67 to 28% thumbs down on his handling of Israel and the Palestinians.
(Quinnipiac University)
Obama, Don't Forget Jerusalem -Richard Cohen
President Obama gives every appearance of not "getting" Israel; not appreciating its fears or its history. Israel is not half of the equation, as if both sides are right. It is a democracy with American values that has tried, over and over again, to make peace with a recalcitrant and unforgiving enemy.
His coolness toward Netanyahu has chilled the Israeli public and encouraged Palestinian defiance. He is on the cusp of an enormous diplomatic blunder.
(Washington Post)
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Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) [pictured] harshly criticized the Obama Administration's attempts to exert pressure on Israel on a New York radio show. "This has to stop," Schumer said of the administration's policy of publicly pressuring Israel to end construction in Jerusalem.
"I told the President and others in the administration that I thought the policy is counter-productive, because when you give the Palestinians hope that the United States will do its negotiating for them, they are not going to sit down and talk."
(Politico)
Obama Not Strong Enough on Israel, Voters Say
American voters disapprove by 44 to 35% of the way the President is handling the situation between Israel and the Palestinians, according to a Quinnipiac University poll.
Jewish voters, generally supportive of Obama on other issues, turn 67 to 28% thumbs down on his handling of Israel and the Palestinians.
(Quinnipiac University)
Obama, Don't Forget Jerusalem -Richard Cohen
President Obama gives every appearance of not "getting" Israel; not appreciating its fears or its history. Israel is not half of the equation, as if both sides are right. It is a democracy with American values that has tried, over and over again, to make peace with a recalcitrant and unforgiving enemy.
His coolness toward Netanyahu has chilled the Israeli public and encouraged Palestinian defiance. He is on the cusp of an enormous diplomatic blunder.
(Washington Post)
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