Obama Admin Starts Calling Netanyahu Names Because He Will NOT Do What They Want.

The Obama Administration is quickly moving to marginalize Israel by demeaning  and publicly denouncing the Prime Minister. Usually disagreements with leaders of other countries are not expressed publicly, protocol demands that respect be given to those to whom you might disagree, however, in Israel's case, all normal relations seem to have gone out of the window.

 The following post shows how estranged the leaders of Israel and the US have become. Is this planned and part of a plan?

We think so. It is our belief (and have said it many times on this blog) that the goal of the Obama Administration is to isolate Israel from the rest of the world, cripple it with worldwide sanctions and then call for its demise as a "pariah nation."  In other words, BDS (Boycott, Disinvestment, Sanctions) on steroids!

There already have been two occasions that indicate to us the plan is proceeding as planned. The first was the shut down of air traffic to Ben Gurion.  This short lived effort was an initial "shot across the bow" by the Administration to show that they could and would shut down Israel's economy. Since a large portion of trade moves out of the country by air, this would definitely hurt.

The damage is quantified in the article by  Oxford Economics "Economic Benefits From Air Transport In Israel", in which we read:

 While air accounts for just 0.5% of the tonnage of global trade 

(Chart 3.8), air freight makes up 34.6% of the value of global trade.  

For more on the impact see: http://www.iata.org/policy/Documents/Benefits-of-Aviation-Israel-2012.pdf

The second occasion was the stoppage in replenishing  the Hellfire missiles and other military supplies that up until the Obama Administration had been transactions between the Israeli and US military. Israel would make  a request and and the US would approve the equipment. They are our ally and why should we not support them.

 Not so with the Obama group. During the Operation Protective Edge, the request for the Hellfire missiles came to the US military and they were ready to be shipped until the Administration heard about it. The re-supply was scrapped and held for a month until the White House approved. Now, any military materiel that is going to Israel must be approved by 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. 

How easy will it be to stop the resupply? What will it take? Simply the President telling his compliant underlings that no more military supplies go to Israel and it will  happen.

The Obama Administration has shown that it can shut down air traffic which dramatically impacted Israel's economy and prevented the re-supply of military materiel. The only issues left for a BDS full fledged attack are a world wide boycott of Israel which would come from the United Nations sanctions. Getting the UN to take this action would be child's play.  They routinely condemn Israel while letting terrible massacres (Darfur, Syria, Iran and ISIS are examples) pass without mention. For that matter Syria and Iran are on the human rights council of the UN, does that make any sense? So having Irasl condemned would be easy work for the Obama crew.  

When the White House calls Netanyahu "chickenshit", that is deplorable action and it tells us that this Administration is in full discredit mode against Israel. We will see the BDS implemented soon and Israel will be made to fight for its life against the entire Middle East (and without US help and support.)  This will happen soon, probably before the end of the Obama term in 2016.

Hopefully, we are wrong and nothing terrible happens. Nothing would make us happier.

Conservative Tom

US Official: “Bibi is a Chickenshit” Prime Minister

By Lea Speyer October 29, 2014 , 10:27 am

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“The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever utters slander is a fool.” (Proverbs 10:18)

(Photo: GPO)

Diplomatic relations between Israel and the US are in a “full-blown crisis” amid growing reports of hostility between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Barack Obama, The Atlantic reported on Tuesday.

In an article written by Jeffry Goldberg, a senior Obama administration official explained that the supposed “unbreakable” bond between Israel and the US “is now the worst it’s ever been.”

The official made no qualms about how he and other Obama officials view the policies of the Israeli prime minister. “The thing about Bibi is, he’s a chickenshit,” the official stated.

US officials are supposedly being frustrated by Netanyahu’s “near-pathological desire for career-preservation” and nothing more, the article claimed.

“The good thing about Netanyahu is that he’s scared to launch wars,” the senior official stated. “The bad thing about him is that he won’t do anything to reach an accommodation with the Palestinians or with the Sunni Arab states.”

“The only thing he’s interested in is protecting himself from political defeat. He’s not [Yitzhak] Rabin, he’s not [Ariel] Sharon, he’s certainly no [Menachem] Begin. He’s got no guts,” the official added.

In regards to Iran, the Obama administration views Netanyahu’s threats to launch a preemptive strike against Iran as completely basis. The empty threats are too little, too late, the official explained.

“It’s too late for him to do anything. Two, three years ago, this was a possibility. But ultimately he couldn’t bring himself to pull the trigger,” he said. “It was a combination of our pressure and his own unwillingness to do anything dramatic. Now it’s too late.”

Over the past week, diplomatic rhetoric between the two nations has heated up as the US condemned Netanyahu’s decision to approve the construction of 1,000 new homes in Jewish neighborhoods in East Jerusalem.

State Department spokeswoman Jen Paski said that Israel’s decision to build across the Green Line was “incompatible with their stated desire to live in a peaceful society.”

Netanyahu rejected American and other international criticism. “We have built in Jerusalem, we are building in Jerusalem and we will continue to build in Jerusalem,” Netanyahu said on Tuesday.

“I have heard a claim that our construction in Jewish neighborhoods in Jerusalem makes peace more distant. It is the criticism which is make peace more distant,” he added.

The “breakdown in relations” between Obama and Netanyahu has brought a new era in Israel-US relations. According to Goldberg, Netanyahu has “written off” the Obama administration with the prime minister changing tactics by appealing to Congress and the American people.

US officials have expressed “red-hot anger” at Netanyahu for maintaining policies to build in Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria.

Netanyahu, who on Tuesday criticized those who condemn Israeli construction beyond the Green Line as “disconnected from reality,” led Goldberg to say that “the Netanyahu government appears to be disconnected from reality.”

“Jerusalem is on the verge of exploding into a third Palestinian uprising. It is true that Jews have a moral right to live anywhere they want in Jerusalem, their holiest city,” Goldberg continued. “It is also true that a mature government understand that not all rights have to be exercised simultaneously.”

In response to The Atlantic’s report, the Prime Minister’s Office rebuffed the report. Israel Radio reported sources inside the office said that Netanyahu “will continue to stand for Israeli interests, and no pressure will change this.”

Speaking at the Knesset Wednesday afternoon, the prime minster made his first public comments about the report. “I respect our ties with the US,” he said. “I am being attacked because I am defending Israel.”

Read more at http://www.breakingisraelnews.com/23462/us-official-bibi-chickenshit/#ha6pXT7JYsSjOuL6.99

Israel's Decision To Relocate Jews From Gaza--A Painful And Seemingly Terrible Choice.

Some Wounds of Gush Katif Too Deep to Heal

By Raphael Poch August 12, 2014 , 11:20 am

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“For I desire steadfast loving kindness.” (Hosea 6:6)

An soldiers comforts a resident during the evacuation of the Israeli community Neve Dekalim. The evacuations took place as part of the Gaza Disengagement, which occured in the summer of 2005. (Photo: IDF)

Some wounds are too deep and too painful to heal.

Losing one’s home, livelihood, neighborhood, friends, and even one’s way of life all because of a governmental decree can be one such wound, and is one such wound for many of the deportees from Gush Katif.

Add to that loss the deplorable way in which the government at the time, as well as successive governments have pretty much ignored the continuing problems that they have inflicted upon the evacuees, many have found it extremely difficult if not impossible to find gainful employment.

Over one third of the evacuees were farmers whose land was confiscated as well as their homes. Once prosperous families have been left with literally nothing, and no hope of regaining what they once had, all because of a government decision, which in the long run is becoming more and more difficult to defend or even understand.

While the scar is now nine years old this wound won’t seem to heal.

The government of Israel has maintained the position that they have done everything that they can to help the evacuees of Gush Katif get back on their feet. However, many families simply have not been able to do so.

IDF soldiers accompany a mother and her child as they are relocated during the evacuation of the Israeli community Bedolach in 2005. (Photo: IDF)

With government payouts that ranged from $450,000 to $750,000 depending upon the size of the house in Gush Katif  owned and the amount of time that the family spent there, many families have found it increasingly difficult to find their way financially and even more important, emotionally.

Rachel Saperstein, a former resident of Gush Katif who lived there for close to twenty years and is now living in Nitzan, a temporary housing community set up for the evacuees, told Breaking Israel News: “They gave us an amount of money and said, ‘That’s it. Go build your house.’ Well, prices have gone up significantly since then. We’re stuck with a house that’s half -built. We have flooring in but we can’t afford to finish it.”

She says hundreds of families are in a similar situation, and can’t afford to finish building their new homes. Some 1,800 families were evacuated from Gaza in 2005. So far, only about half have moved into their permanent homes, and the other half are either renting apartments or live  in Nitzan.

At the same time, unemployment is high among the evacuees from Gush Katif. While the overall unemployment rate in Israel is just six percent, among those evacuees from Gush Katif, it is close to 25 percent. Many of those not working are using the government payouts to live on, rather than to build new homes, simply because they cannot find employment.

This is where Karmey Chessed and its affiliate Olelot Katif have come in to lend a hand and help out these families wherever they can. Karmey Chessed delivers furniture, electrical appliances, household items and often provides monetary assistance to these families, while Olelot Katif helps provide food packages for those who can’t even make ends’ meat.

Shlomo Yarimi, founder of Olelot Katif told Breaking Israel News; “There are many families whose whole lives were invested in Gush Katif, and have no way to build a new house. The government does not help them, and they have no way to make it to the end of the month.

The situation gets worse around the holidays when needs of food increase.”

Yarimi praised his partners in charity stating that without Karmey Chesed many of these families would simply not have a prayer.

“Karmey Chessed is a real help to these people, without them they simply could not go on. The fact that the entire organization is run through volunteers, is simply amazing, and the work that they do is true kindness,” he said.

The evacuation of the Israeli community Ganei Tal, August 2005. (Photo: IDF)

Yarimi describes the help that his own organization Olelot Katif, as well as Karmey Chessed do for the displaced families. “We feel in a sense obligated to help. These people need our help, they have come to depend upon us and on Karmey Chessed, and if we don’t help they may not make it through the month. But it is not enough to simply help them. We have to help them 100 percent with all our heart, because if we don’t do that, then it is better not to help them.”

Karmey Chessed excels at not only giving but at making the receiver feel like a complete person again. “Furniture and electronic equipment gets delivered whenever people need it. It just keep coming thank to Aryeh, the director of Karmey Chesed. The work he does is simply unbelievable, and invaluable,” says Yarimi of his partnering organization.

Yarimi said that while some of the families have managed to gain financial independence once again, many still cannot do so, and must rely on the help from Karmey Chessed.

Ayreh Weingarten, head of Karmey Chessed, shared his own personal connection to the evacuees. “One of my relatives is related to the last head of local council from Gush Katif. He has told me about the plight of those who still have not been able to adjust, and it is simply terrible. I felt that we had to do something, and I am thankful that we can do what we can do, but I hope to be able to do more.”

The organization which has also been instrumental in helping special units in the IDF whose soldiers come from low income homes, is making a huge difference for the deportees of Gush Katif as well.

“You can help people anywhere, and it is considered charity. Giving change, giving someone in need a lift, helping a person find directions or someone in need of a hand, all of these are charity. But helping people and making them feel good about themselves, that is a whole different level of charity, and that is what we strive to do,” said Yarimi.

Read more at http://www.breakingisraelnews.com/19878/wounds-gush-katif-deep-heal/#O2EIzSk9uJ9z0o0Z.99A