Ron Radosh reports on another speech at AIPAC:
To great applause, Cantor said:
It is not okay to vilify Israel. It is not okay to demonize Jews. And it’s time to stop scapegoating Israel.
And to those who equate Palestinian refusal to negotiate with Israel’s necessary measures it takes to defend itself, the majority leader added:
In order for us to win this great struggle, we must have the courage to see the world not as we wish it to be, but as it truly is. It is not morally equivalent when the offenses of terrorists are equated with the defenses of Israel.
Undoubtedly, his most well-received moment was when he addressed the president’s own illusions. Cantor first noted that Palestinian culture — which Obama omitted criticizing — is laced with “resentment and hatred.” Cantor then shrewdly rebuked Obama:
[Palestinian culture is] the root of the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. It is not about the ’67 lines. And until Israel’s enemies come to terms with this reality, a true peace will be impossible … If the Palestinians want to live in peace in a state of their own, they must demonstrate that they are worthy of a state.
I predict that the president is not going to raise as much Jewish money this cycle as he did in 2008, and he’s going to get a lot fewer votes.
Obama did in fact mention the Palestinian’s resentment and hatred in his “middle east speech”. He said one of the problems was that they teach their children to hate Israelis… … but don’t let what the President said influence what you think of his speech!
Fox News Sunday interview with Herman Cain?
Shorter Eric Cantor:
I can’t think of anything I want to say about Israel and the poiicies of its current government that isn’t positive.
I can’t think of anything to say about the Palestinians that isn’t negative.
It’s not about the 1967 lines. Egypt got a return to the 1967 border and Palestine didn’t, but any difference between their relations with Israel since then should be blamed on Palestinian culture since 1967, and not in any sense on the experience of military occupation for 44 years.
It would be politically easy to tell this particular audience exactly what it wants to hear, but I won’t do that. I’ll tell you what you want to hear because I believe it too.
I should note that currently my actual ability to direct US foreign policy is quite limited, so my warm and unconditional support of policies I think you prefer should not be expected to result in real changes in policy, Campaign contributions will still be appreciated
From a joint Israeli / US statement by Netanyahu and Clinton in November 2010: the parties can mutually agree on an outcome which ends the conflict and reconciles the Palestinian goal of an independent and viable state, based on the 1967 lines, with agreed swaps, and the Israeli goal of a Jewish state with secure and recognized borders that reflect subsequent developments and meet Israeli security requirements.
Since this is exactly what the President said twice last week, why is there any controversy at all over his remarks?
Oh please, the Jewish donors will be there. Don’t worry. They will want to be on the right (left?) side of NY-26 which just jerked Democrat in response to Paul Ryan’s Brave New World of Medicare Vouchers.
Just confirms my hunch that 2010 was also all about Medicare. For all the talk otherwise, the voters really like the socialism of Social Security and Medicare. Maybe this all the poor beggars are left with as they age.