Obama ups anti-Zionist foreign policy - to the bewilderment of his pro-Israel voters

Barack Obama and Defense Secy candiate Sen. Chuck Hagel

Since Obama's re-election to the presidency last month, many people concerned about global jihad movement's growth have felt trepidation. Publishing on her blog, Israel's Caroline Glick has called to task both Mr. Obama and those professed "concerned-about-Israel" who voted for him. In just a month, Obama has upped his ante against Israel, both through not deterring the U.N.'s Palestinian recognition vote, and in Obama's appointing anti-Zionist candidates, Susan Rice and Chuck Hagel, for cabinet secretary posts. Ms. Glick also calls to task those surprised that they re-elected this agenda.

Many in the American Jewish community are aghast to discover that President Obama is planning to appoint former Senator Chuck Hagel to serve as Defense Secretary. If you want the skinny on how Hagel has come to be known as one of the few ferociously anti-Israel senators in the past generation, Carl from Jerusalem at Israel Matzav provides it. ... 

Obama enabled the Palestinians to get their non-member state status at the UN by failing to threaten to cut off US funding to the UN in retaliation for such a vote.

Both Presidents Reagan and George H.W. Bush issued such threats during their tenures in office and so prevented the motion from coming to a vote. Given that the Palestinians have had an automatic majority in the General Assembly since at least 1975, the only reason their status was only upgraded in 2012 is because until then, either the PLO didn’t feel like raising the issue or the US threatened to cut off its financial support to the UN if such a motion passed. This year PLO chief Mahmoud Abbas said he wanted to have a vote and Obama responded by not issuing a threat to cut off UN funding. So the Palestinians got their vote and, as expected, it passed overwhelmingly. 

Seeing the upgrade as a Palestinian move is a mistake. It was a joint Palestinian-American move.

"Israel under Obama" broadcast at 9pm edt Thursday 10/11/12

Barack Obama ran for president as a pro-Israel candidate -- but his performance tells a different story. Watch Daylight: The Story of Obama and Israel, produced by Noah Pollak and www.CommitteeForIsrael.com.



A new, 18-minute mini-documentary follows the journey of Irina, a 23-year-old liberal, Jewish New Yorker who voted for Obama in 2008. Yet as her connection to Israel has grown, and she has learned more about the President's policies across the Middle East and towards Israel in particular, Irina has come to realize that "when the chips are down," the President may not "have Israel's back" as he says.



The short film, produced by RightChange features:

• Exclusive interviews with leading journalists and politicians in Israel (Bloomberg, London Times, Jerusalem Post, etc.)

• Mainstream news reports (CNN, MSNBC, ABC, BBC, etc.),
  
• Clips from longtime Democratic supporters including: Harvard Professor Alan Dershowitz Former NYC Mayor Ed Koch Senator Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY)

"Israel under Obama" slated for broadcast 9pm 10/11/12 Thursday on LegacyTV network (check website for regional availability).