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Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Once Again, Israel Stands Alone

Coming out of Memorial Day weekend, the big international news is Israel's raid on a group of pro-Palestinian ships sailing to the Gaza Strip to provide "humanitarian" aid. As usual, the international community, including the U.N., rushed to denounce Israel's "war crimes." Mona Charen has an excellent article in National Review debunking anti-Israel myths regarding this incident. It is clear to me this entire incident was a setup by pro-Palestinian activists to further isolate Israel.

In my opinion, nothing short of a full-throated defense of Israel is acceptable from our government. And of course, Obama has done nothing of the kind. At least the U.S. did force the U.N. Security Council to water down their condemnation of the incident to avoid singling out Israel for blame. I suppose, given this administration's anti-Israel and anti-democratic foreign policy, this is the best we could hope for, and I do give Obama a little credit for it. But with Muslim nations putting pressure on the U.S. to further condemn the attacks and with the U.N. stepping up its calls for ending the blockade of the Gaza Strip, this issue is not going away. Will our government side with Israel, one of our most loyal allies for decades, or will we yield to international pressure and side with Israel's anti-democratic, anti-semitic enemies at the U.N.? Obama's track record does not give me much reason for hope.

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