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Classic Obama and classic John Kerry - excusing the sins of tyrants and despots while assaulting Israel with dishonest slander.

Pretty much everyone in the U.S. hated Kerry's awful anti-Israel speech



John Kerry is a loathesome man. He has been since Winter Soldier Hearings of the early 1970s, when he publicly accused his fellow Vietnam veterans of horrific atrocities. He was loathesome when he ran for president in 2004 against George W. Bush, and claimed that a U.S. president must pass a "global test" that requires the approval of foreign leaders. (Blessedly, Kerry failed to pass the American test and was rejected by voters.) And he was at his most loathesome yesterday afternoon, telling once-and-soon-again U.S. ally Israel that it can be either Jewish or democratic, but not both. If you really want to spend an hour listening to this self-important man bloviating, knock yourself out: Much more worth your time is Benjamin Netanyahu's nine-minute response:
Responses from Capitol Hill, from lawmakers in both parties wasn't much more positive than Netanyahu's, nor should they have been:
Senator Benjamin L. Cardin of Maryland, the top Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee, said he shared Mr. Kerry’s concerns “with the lack of forward progress on a two-state solution.” But Mr. Cardin also said he was unhappy that Mr. Obama had not vetoed the United Nations resolution, instead abstaining from the vote. He pledged to “explore congressional action that can mitigate the negative implications” of it. The most ardent supporters of Israel in Congress seemed just as liberated as Mr. Kerry was to let loose. “Secretary Kerry’s speech today was at best a pointless tirade in the waning days of an outgoing administration,” said Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona. “At worst, it was another dangerous outburst that will further Israel’s diplomatic isolation and embolden its enemies.”

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Representative Eliot L. Engel of New York, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, called Mr. Kerry’s speech “gratuitous” and “wrong.” “There doesn’t seem any purpose to this other than to embarrass Israel,” Mr. Engel said. “It just pained me to watch it.” Democratic members of Congress who are closer to Mr. Kerry, a former senator, and the Obama administration were more measured. Many had been angered by Mr. Netanyahu’s decision last year to accept an invitation from the Republican-led House to deliver a speech in the Capitol, where he confronted the president over the Iran nuclear accord. Yet even these Democrats — eyeing the arrival of a Republican administration-in-waiting that has vowed strong support for Israel — left little doubt that they were parting ways with Mr. Obama on the substance of the United Nations resolution. Senator Bill Nelson of Florida, who is facing re-election in 2018, said he knew why Mr. Kerry was frustrated over the settlements, which he called an “impediment toward a negotiated two-state solution.” But he was quick to note that he was among the 88 senators who signed a letter months ago opposing the sort of United Nations resolution on Israel that the Security Council approved last week.

The best hope about Kerry's speech is that it was merely pointless and awful, and not a precursor to something even more destructive than last week's resolution. Netanyahu is clearly concerned that the UN may come back and draw up another resolution based on Kerry's words - perhaps acting on Jimmy Carter's suggestion that the UN go ahead and draw up lines for a Palestinian state out of Israeli territory - and that once again the Obama Administration might decline to veto it in its waning days. Netanyahu gets right down to the point Kerry - in his obsession over settlements - totally misses. This conflict is not about housing. It's about the refusal of the Palestinians and their Arab neighbors to recognize Israel's right to exist. The Palestinians would have already had their own state, years ago, had they been willing to do that. It's a helpless feeling to realize that for the next 22 days there is no check on the UN's hatred of Israel, nor on its willingness to destroy the Jewish state. And let's be candid: When we talk about the UN, we're not only talking about the permanent bureaucracy there. We're talking about the member states. Even friends of the U.S. like Britain and France voted for last week's Screw Israel resolution, as well as enemies like Russia and China. Just about the entire world believes Israel is a nuisance that the world would be better off eradicating. And now you have John Kerry - still trying to pass that "global test" of his - claiming Israel cannot be both Jewish and democratic, even as he heads the very State Department that helped draft constitutions for Afghanistan and Iraq that establish both as Islamic and democratic. But that's classic Obama and classic John Kerry - excusing the sins of tyrants and despots while assaulting Israel with dishonest slander. And if they've decided in the next 22 days to stand by while the world prepares for the destruction of Israel, I hope they're ready for the fulfillment of Ezekiel 38. The UN may embrace their nonsense, but God will not.


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