Jerusalem Abandonment

The following post is on the same lines as our previous one entitled "Democrats Hate Israel" which we posted a couple hours ago. The Democrats have decided that they want to be friends with the Palestinians and can let Israel rot. This is a sad day in the relationship between these two countries.

Thank you Barack, your love for the Palestinians has not taken over the entire Democratic Party.

Conservative Tom

Who Lost Jerusalem?

Unknown - The New York Sun,  September 4th, 2012

It is difficult to imagine a benign explanation for the decision of the Democratic Party to delete from its platform language supporting the recognition of Jerusalem as capital of Israel. “Jerusalem is and will remain the capital of Israel,” the Democratic platform declared four years ago. “The parties have agreed that Jerusalem is a matter for final status negotiations. It should remain an undivided city accessible to people of all faiths.” This year the platform declares that President Obama and the Democratic Party “maintain an unshakable commitment to Israel's security.” It speaks of the president having boosted security assistance to Israel, but it doesn’t say anything about Jerusalem one way or another. The name of Jerusalem does not appear in the platform.

We first read about this in a brief bulletin of the Weekly Standard, and, while we haven’t done a double-blind study, our soundings suggest it has caught the national Jewish leadership flatfooted. It is going to be illuminating to see what explanation emerges. No less an authority than the Congress of the United States has established that, as a matter of law, the “Statement of the Policy of the United States” that “Jerusalem should remain an undivided city in which the rights of every ethnic and religious group are protected” and that “Jerusalem should be recognized as the capital of Israel.” It has also stated as a matter of law that the American embassy in Israel should be moved to Jerusalem.

The law was passed back in 1995. The State Department has fought tooth and nail to block not only the move of the Embassy to Jerusalem but any action that might signal recognition of Israel’s just claims. Presidents Clinton, Bush, and Obama have all invoked waivers to avoid implementing the law. All the more reason, though, to include Jerusalem language in the party platforms. The Republican Party did so, this year, saying: “We support Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state with secure, defensible borders; and we envision two democratic states – Israel with Jerusalem as its capital and Palestine – living in peace and security.”

The GOP platform in 2008, incidentally, was even blunter than the platform this year. Said it: “We support Jerusalem as the undivided capital of Israel and moving the American embassy to that undivided capital of Israel.” So it is possible to say that both parties have softened their line a bit. But the Democratic platform this year is a complete abandonment of the Jerusalem question. It is a symptom of a party that wants to have it both ways — posturing as the stronger of the two parties in respect of the Jewish state even while retreating in its statement of the broad framework.

A spokeswoman for the Democratic National Committee was quoted by the Wall Street Journal as trying to put the best face on the party’s abandonment of its Jerusalem plank, but Governor Romney was right as rain to issue a statement marking the retreat. “It is unfortunate that the entire Democratic Party has embraced President Obama’s shameful refusal to acknowledge that Jerusalem is Israel’s capital,” the Wall Street Journal quoted Mr. Romney as saying in a statement. Your editors have been covering what we call the “Battle of Jerusalem” for more than 20 years now, and if, in decades to come, Jerusalem is lost, this is going to be seen by historians as a significant moment. Let us hope it does not come to that.

Democrats Hate Israel

Why?  We do not understand. However, over the past three and a half years there has been the constant drum beat to "bring Israel into line."  The culmination is the Democratic Platform which were revealed yesterday. One notable missing plank in this year's edition is the endorsement of the capital of Israel being moved to Jerusalem.  You say what?    Yes, no longer does the Democratic Party believe that the holiest city in Judaism should be the capital of the reborn land of the Jews. 

This is not a mistake, it is deliberate. It is a slap into the face of one of the most dependable voting blocks the Democrats have.  Jews have voted for Democrats since Roosevelt (who was not really a great friend) and in recent contests the percentage has been around 70-80%. Obama's treatment of Netanyahu might have tempered those numbers this year, we doubt that it would have fallen much below 65%, if that far.

So why the rebuff?  Obama has not been a friend of Israel. He believes that this country is one of the reasons for the unsettled relations that the US has with the region and that things will not normalize until the Jews can be corralled into a space that they cannot cause problems (like defending their borders or retaliating to rockets fired from neighboring countries.) He feels that the ghettos were a good way to take care of the problem and wishes to create a similar situation on a tiny strip of land along the Mediterranean.  Thus when he says "return to pre-1967 borders" he is not kidding.

Additionally, even though he has surrounded himself with JINOS (Jews in name only), he has no love for them. He views the fight of the African American being held back by them.  History would refute that assumption, however, Obama is not into history unless it his own.

Lastly, he views Jews as part of the 1%. You do know that all Jews are wealthy, right? Well, somehow in his Prep School, college and law school education, that idea stuck. Hey, all the Jews he has surrounded himself with are rich, so by extension, they all must be! Obviously, not all Jews are well heeled, however, when it comes to scapegoats, Jews have always been a handy one.  This President is no different than other dictators, he needs a group to demonize and Israel and the children of Abraham are available!

On April 16, 2012, we wrote a post entitled "Democrats Join Obama Demanding Israel Concessions" in which we reported how 74 donkeys had lined up to insist that this tiny country essentially commit suicide by accepting untenable requirements  of the Palestinian Authority. Where is their support for the little guy?

All Jews should awaken to the risk they face should Obama get "the flexibility he will have after his last election."  What will he do? It is anyone's guess however, he has not shown himself not to be a friend of either Jews or Israel. No Jew should vote for him, he is not trustworthy. Your life or the life of Israel may be in your hands.

Conservative Tom