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Israel Accuses Obama of Misrepresenting History
NEWS ARCHIVES 2009
Israeli Official says "Obama is misrepresenting Mideast history." "The
Jewish people's right to live in Judea and Samaria is firstly rooted in the
Bible and God's promise 2,000 years before 1967."
JERUSALEM – Did President Obama adopt U.N. and Palestinian
phraseology while calling on Israel to give up the biblical West Bank and
eastern sections of Jerusalem, including the Temple Mount?
Some members of the Israeli government here reacted angrily to Obama's
strongly worded demand – expressed during his speech to the U.N. General
Assembly – for the creation of a "viable, independent Palestinian state with
contiguous territory that ends the occupation that began in 1967."
The term "occupation" routinely is used by the Palestinians as well as some
countries hostile to the Jewish state in reference to Israel's presence in
the West Bank and Jerusalem. It is unusual for U.S. presidents to use the
term, although Jimmy Carter once famously called Israel's presence in the
West Bank and eastern Jerusalem "illegal."
"Occupation that began in 1967" is a specific reference to the lands Israel
retained after the Six Day War of that year, particularly the West Bank and
eastern Jerusalem, including the Temple Mount.
The Palestinians never maintained any official capacity in either territory,
lands in which Jews have been present for thousands of years. The
territories came under Jordanian rule from 1948 until Israel captured them
in 1967 after Jordan's King Hussein ignored Israeli pleas for his country to
stay out of the Six Day War. Most countries rejected Jordan's initial claim
on the area, which it formally renounced in 1988.
Commenting on Obama's speech during a WND interview, Tzipi Hotovely, a
Knesset member for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party, accused
the U.S. president of "misrepresenting history."
"I really believe the whole 16-year process since the Oslo Accords (in which
Israel gave up land in exchange for promises of peace) has proven the
settlements are not the obstacle for peace. The main obstacle is the
Palestinians' continued rejection of Israel as a Jewish state even within
the 1967 borders."
Danny Danon, another Likud Knesset member, told WND. "Obama cannot
force this on Israel. We do not have a partner in Israel which is a viable
partner."
Continued Danon: "Every concession Prime Minister Netanyahu makes was not
appreciated by the Palestinian Authority. The Jewish presence in Judea and
Samaria is an asset for Israeli security. Instead of pressuring Israel, we
would like to see the Obama administration deal with the real threat – the
global threat coming from Iran."
The West Bank is considered landlocked territory not officially recognized
as part of any country. Israel calls the land "disputed." The Palestinians
and the U.N. Security Council claims the West Bank is "occupied" by Israel,
which maintains overall control of most of the area while the Palestinian
Authority has jurisdiction in about 40 percent. The U.N. Security Council is
traditionally considered hostile to Israel.
The West Bank borders most of Israel's major cities, including Jerusalem and
Tel Aviv. Military strategists long have estimated Israel must maintain most
of the West Bank to defend its borders from any ground invasion.
Many villages in the West Bank, which Israelis commonly refer to as the
"biblical heartland," are mentioned throughout the Torah.
The Book of Genesis says Abraham entered Israel at Shechem (Nablus) and
received God's promise of land for his offspring. He later was buried in
Hebron.
The nearby town of Beit El, anciently called Bethel meaning "house of God,"
is where Scripture says the patriarch Jacob slept on a stone pillow and
dreamed of angels ascending and descending a stairway to heaven. In that
dream, God spoke directly to Jacob and reaffirmed the promise of territory.
And in Exodus, the holy tabernacle rested in Shiloh, believed to be the
first area the ancient Israelites settled after fleeing Egypt.
Obama's reference to "occupation that began in 1967" comes after a
top PA official, speaking on condition his name be withheld, told WND that the
Obama administration largely has adopted the positions
of the PA to create a Palestinian state within two years based on the 1967
borders, meaning Israel would retreat from most of the West Bank and eastern
sections of Jerusalem.
The official said Obama also accepted the PA position that
Israeli-Palestinian negotiations begin where they left off under Prime
Minister Ehud Olmert, who went further than previous Israeli leaders in his
concessions to the Palestinians.
Olmert reportedly offered the PA not only 95 percent of the West Bank and
peripheral eastern Jerusalem neighborhoods but also other territories never
before offered by any Israeli leader, including parts of the Israeli Negev
desert bordering Gaza as well as sections of the Jordan Valley.
The official claimed the Obama administration will still support the
announcement of a Palestinian state within two years.
"We understand from the U.S. that the Netanyahu government is not in a
position to go against creating a state within two years," the official
said.
The official claimed the Obama administration was ready to ultimately
consider "sanctions" against Israel if the Netanyahu government rejected
negotiations leading to a Palestinian state. The official refused to clarify
which sanctions he was referring to or whether he was specifically told by
the U.S. government it would consider sanctions.
By Aaron Klein © 2009 WorldNetDaily
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