{"id":432284,"date":"2010-03-16T00:01:24","date_gmt":"2010-03-16T04:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/papundits.wordpress.com\/?p=32627"},"modified":"2010-03-16T00:01:24","modified_gmt":"2010-03-16T04:01:24","slug":"selling-out-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/432284","title":{"rendered":"Selling Out Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/papundits.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/09\/photo_56.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4206\" style=\"margin:5px;\" title=\"Andrew Bolt\" src=\"http:\/\/papundits.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/09\/photo_56.jpg?w=100&#038;h=75\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"75\" \/><\/a>By <strong>Andrew Bolt<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>American Jews are right to worry about Barack Obama\u2019s hostility  to Israel, and weakness to its enemies.\u00a0 As the American Israel Public  Affairs Committee puts it:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em><a title=\"The Administration should make a conscious effort to move away  from public demands and unilateral deadlines directed at Israel\" href=\"http:\/\/www.commentarymagazine.com\/blogs\/index.php\/rubin\/257041\" >The  Administration should make a conscious effort to move away from public  demands and unilateral deadlines directed at Israel<\/a>, with whom the  United States shares basic, fundamental, and strategic interests. The  escalated rhetoric of recent days only serves as a distraction from the  substantive work that needs to be done with regard to the urgent issue  of Iran\u2019s rapid pursuit of nuclear weapons, and the pursuit of peace  between Israel and all her Arab neighbors. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We strongly urge the Administration to work closely and privately  with our partner Israel, in a manner befitting strategic allies, to  address any issues between the two governments.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I understand from excellent sources that Israel is also alarmed by Australian Prime Minister Kevin  Rudd\u2019s increasingly hostile comments (especially <a title=\"these\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/opinion\/politics\/betrayed-pm-should-not-be-taken-for-granted-by-israel-20100225-p5wk.html\" >these<\/a>)  and<a title=\" policies\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brisbanetimes.com.au\/national\/australia-changes-israel-vote-in-un-20100301-pbez.html\" > policies<\/a>, and major Labor donors among the  Jewish Left are finding it much harder to reach for their wallets.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.news.com.au\/heraldsun\/andrewbolt\/\" ><em>Andrew Bolt<\/em><\/a><em> is a journalist and    columnist writing for <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.heraldsun.com.au\/\" ><em>The Herald Sun<\/em><\/a><em> in Melbourne Victoria    Australia. <\/em>Read more excellent articles from <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.news.com.au\/heraldsun\/andrewbolt\/\" >Andrew    Bolt\u2019s Blog<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Filed under: <a href='http:\/\/papundits.wordpress.com\/category\/111th-congress\/'>111th Congress<\/a>, <a href='http:\/\/papundits.wordpress.com\/category\/countries\/americas\/america-usa\/'>America (USA)<\/a>, <a href='http:\/\/papundits.wordpress.com\/category\/countries\/australia\/'>Australia<\/a>, <a href='http:\/\/papundits.wordpress.com\/category\/politics\/democrats\/barry-soetoro-aka-barack-hussein-obama\/'>Barry Soetoro (aka Barack Hussein Obama)<\/a>, <a 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