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And yet over at the Right Wing Bubble, Obama is "hostile" towards Israel!

Discussing the trip on America Live, Bolton said, "I think it's clear that President Obama is the most hostile president that America's had since the formation of Israel in 1948."

Bolton's comments are unenlightened at best, given that Israel will award Obama the Presidential Medal of Distinction during his visit for his "unique and significant contribution to strengthening the State of Israel and the security of its citizens." Obama will also be the first sitting U.S. president to receive the award.

The narrative that Obama is hostile toward Israel has long been advanced by Bolton and other right-wing media figures, even though Israel's own leaders have repeatedly praised the president for his record on Israel. In a March 2012 interview with Charlie Rose, Israeli President Shimon Peres said that Obama is "a great president and a great friend of Israel," and that under Obama, security ties are "the best we've ever had." In August 2011, former Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak told Fox's Greta Van Susteren, "I can hardly remember a better period of support, American support and cooperation and similar strategic understanding of events around us than what we have right now." Barak has also praised Obama for doing "more" for Israeli security than any other U.S. president.

And Prime Minister Netanyahu has repeatedly praised Obama for his administration's actions, including opposing a unilaterally-declared Palestinian state, helping to free Israelis detained in Cairo in September 2011, and helping fund a missile defense system.

Oh my word..... It's like you don't even watch or listen to the news and commentary with any sort of "variety", but only swallow liberal propaganda news like MediaMatters.

You don't remember when Netanyahu and him met, and his speech...???

Everyone with even a half brain knows Israel and Obama hasn't been "friends", even most liberals.
Just type Netanyahu and Obama into Google and you'll find plenty of articles from plenty of liberal tombs describing the "tension" between Israel and the Obama Admin.

Kevin Graham wrote:And yet over at the Right Wing Bubble, Obama is "hostile" towards Israel!
Discussing the trip on America Live, Bolton said, "I think it's clear that President Obama is the most hostile president that America's had since the formation of Israel in 1948."

Bolton's comments are unenlightened at best, given that Israel will award Obama the Presidential Medal of Distinction during his visit for his "unique and significant contribution to strengthening the State of Israel and the security of its citizens." Obama will also be the first sitting U.S. president to receive the award.

Yes, it quite a distinction....considering the award was only just created last year. Plus it was created at the behest of Shimon Peres, President of Israel, a figurehead/ceremonial role, and left wing supporter of the Oslo Accords which brought more war to the region after giving Hamas some breathing space.

In other words, this is just mutual masturbation between two liberal appeasers.

Is this where you get your "facts" from KG, Media Matters? I had thought you were more intelligent than that. Guess I was wrong.

You're hopscotching around the fact that Obama was given an award, by Israel, all the while FOX News and the idiots on the Right keep saying Obama is "hostile" towards Israel. You'd think if he were so hostile towards them, then Israel might know it.

bcspace, your sources are disproved on a daily basis here. And you run away every time it happens. I challenge you to show me where media matters lies about anything. Calling it "liberal" isn't a refutation of anything it said. All it did was present the facts, none of which you've refuted. I'm still waiting.

bcspace wrote:

Kevin Graham wrote:And yet over at the Right Wing Bubble, Obama is "hostile" towards Israel!
Discussing the trip on America Live, Bolton said, "I think it's clear that President Obama is the most hostile president that America's had since the formation of Israel in 1948."

Bolton's comments are unenlightened at best, given that Israel will award Obama the Presidential Medal of Distinction during his visit for his "unique and significant contribution to strengthening the State of Israel and the security of its citizens." Obama will also be the first sitting U.S. president to receive the award.

Yes, it quite a distinction....considering the award was only just created last year. Plus it was created at the behest of Shimon Peres, President of Israel, a figurehead/ceremonial role, and left wing supporter of the Oslo Accords which brought more war to the region after giving Hamas some breathing space.

In other words, this is just mutual masturbation between two liberal appeasers.

Is this where you get your "facts" from KG, Media Matters? I had thought you were more intelligent than that. Guess I was wrong.

Just to make sure I understand what you are saying, your position is that since the President of Israel himself is hostile to Israel, the fact that he is giving an award to President Obama for "strengthening the State of Israel and the security of its citizens" is actually further evidence that President Obama is actually hostile the State of Israel and the security of its citizens. Do I have that right?

You're hopscotching around the fact that Obama was given an award, by Israel, all the while FOX News and the idiots on the Right keep saying Obama is "hostile" towards Israel. You'd think if he were so hostile towards them, then Israel might know it.

And to top it all off, besides receiving an award from a small group of elitists that don't represent Israel and for the sake of dazzling people like KG (notice how gleefully KG and Media Matters bought into "the first US president to receive the award" as if others had the opportunity and missed) into thinking it means more than graduating from elementary school, he's trying desperately to make an end run around Netanyahu who's coalition is actually elected by the people.

It is one of THE most pitiful sights to see the great Kevin Graham become a lapdog for the Left. By defending Obama in this matter, he's essentially agreed with DCP and "alabaster" on the matter of Jihad. There are indeed some Israeli's who been dazzled by the same revisionist scholarship KG is buying into here.

Just to make sure I understand what you are saying, your position is that since the President of Israel himself is hostile to Israel, the fact that he is giving an award to President Obama for "strengthening the State of Israel and the security of its citizens" is actually further evidence that President Obama is actually hostile the State of Israel and the security of its citizens. Do I have that right?

I'd say that holding up weapons and technology for the sake of gaining policy changes as well as supporting the Muslim Brotherhood in the takeover of states otherwise at peace with Israel are clear indications that Obama is hostile to the State of Israel and the security of it's citizens.

Kevin Graham wrote:And yet over at the Right Wing Bubble, Obama is "hostile" towards Israel!

Discussing the trip on America Live, Bolton said, "I think it's clear that President Obama is the most hostile president that America's had since the formation of Israel in 1948."

Bolton's comments are unenlightened at best, given that Israel will award Obama the Presidential Medal of Distinction during his visit for his "unique and significant contribution to strengthening the State of Israel and the security of its citizens." Obama will also be the first sitting U.S. president to receive the award.

The narrative that Obama is hostile toward Israel has long been advanced by Bolton and other right-wing media figures, even though Israel's own leaders have repeatedly praised the president for his record on Israel. In a March 2012 interview with Charlie Rose, Israeli President Shimon Peres said that Obama is "a great president and a great friend of Israel," and that under Obama, security ties are "the best we've ever had." In August 2011, former Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak told Fox's Greta Van Susteren, "I can hardly remember a better period of support, American support and cooperation and similar strategic understanding of events around us than what we have right now." Barak has also praised Obama for doing "more" for Israeli security than any other U.S. president.

And Prime Minister Netanyahu has repeatedly praised Obama for his administration's actions, including opposing a unilaterally-declared Palestinian state, helping to free Israelis detained in Cairo in September 2011, and helping fund a missile defense system.

Once again we see that you are as informed as any other FOX news viewer...i mean, MSNBC view...heck, no difference.
So, now you decide to post an open exclamation of how little you know about Israel and politics. The most obvious is that you do not understand that the Prime Minister (Netanyahu) is distinct from the President (Peres) in Israel.
1. An obvious reciprocation for Obama giving Peres the medal of freedom last year.
2. Peres and Obama share a disdain for Netanyahu, and this award rubs the latter's nose in it.
3. The president in Israel is only ceremonial...no political power at all as opposed to being Prime Minister.
4. Only 14% of Israelis consider Obama a friend to Israel.
5. The protests in Israel over Obama's visit have largely been ignored by your brainwashers
the list goes on and on...settlement issues, Jerusalem as the capital, Palestine, etc..

wow, you really showed your MSNBC idiocy on this one.

Kevin Graham wrote:You're hopscotching around the fact that Obama was given an award, by Israel, all the while FOX News and the idiots on the Right keep saying Obama is "hostile" towards Israel. You'd think if he were so hostile towards them, then Israel might know it.

learn the difference between Peres and Netanyahu
and the fact that Obama is only considered friendly by 14% of Israel
and that this award is nothing more than tit-for-tat where Obama gave Peres the medal of freedom last year. Nothing more than 2 socialists parading pleasantries in front of uninformed lemmings as yourself.

bcspace wrote:

Just to make sure I understand what you are saying, your position is that since the President of Israel himself is hostile to Israel, the fact that he is giving an award to President Obama for "strengthening the State of Israel and the security of its citizens" is actually further evidence that President Obama is actually hostile the State of Israel and the security of its citizens. Do I have that right?

I'd say that holding up weapons and technology for the sake of gaining policy changes as well as supporting the Muslim Brotherhood in the takeover of states otherwise at peace with Israel are clear indications that Obama is hostile to the State of Israel and the security of it's citizens.

But what does this imply about Israeli President Shimon Peres? President Peres is giving Obama an award for his track record on Israeli security and strength. Since you believe Obama's track record is one of hostility towards Israel, doesn't that mean supporters of Obama like President Peres are also hostile towards Israel?