existence in Judea, Yea, Yehudim in Yehuda, is, uh, problematic, uh as we all know. It is just not practical, and, uh, downright humiliating to the 100's of millions of people from the peninsula of their own name that you exist , uh, in the land of your own name.......

National Anthem on Wednesday April 29 at 10:50 p.m. Israel time (3:50 p.m. EST, 2:50 p.m. CST, 12:50 p.m. PST), communities around the world will join together to sing Israel''s national anthem Hatikva in honor of the 61st birthday of the State of Israel. http://www.mfa.gov.il:80/MFA/MFAArchive/2000_2009/2009/Israel_celebrates_61_years_independence_28-Apr-2009.htm Live Hatikva will be broadcast around America and on the Internet http://www.livehatikva.org/ streaming live at http://www.jltv.tv/

White House says president vowed to 'ensure Israel's interests' and is 'looking forward to working with Israel to advance common interests, - THE IDIOT AND FOOL !!!. including realization of comprehensive peace in the Middle East' - PREJUDGMENTS IMPOSED WITH PRESSURIE DOES NOT HELP ISRAELS INTERESTS. ISRAEL KNOWS BETTER THAN THE US WAS IS IN ITS INTERESTS. THE US SHOULD ASK ISRAEL IN THIS CASE, AND ACT ACORDINGLY. THUS - US President Barack Obama Tuesday congratulated Israel on the 61st anniversary of its independence and vowed to pursue mutual interests including "ensuring Israel's security," the White House said. FURTHER - "The United States was the first country to recognize Israel in 1948, minutes after its declaration of independence, and the deep bonds of friendship between the US and Israel remain as strong and unshakable as ever," the White House said in a statement. THE US/UNCLE SAM KNOWS THIS WOULD BENEFIT HIMSELF, ACCORDING TO THE WORD OF JEHOVAH. BUT THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE PRESIDENT, IS NOT THE SAME THING AS THE US/UNCLE SAM. Orao.

unfair demands. then we'll know who's really runing this country.

...at what price ?!

This administration will disect Israel if Israeli government does not stand up against them. http://israelactnow.blogspot.com/

Thanks Norway.

Israel has to make it self acceptable in its region..otherwise...the countdown has started..I really hope the first

Israel fights terrorist while the US wants to support terror Has 9/11 already been forgotten?

Hypocrit. He is canceling deals with Israel, like the new fighter jets, gives turkey the allowance to sell haevy weapons to Lebanon and to make a militray exercise with syria. He signals iran to accept they nuclear program and blackmails israel that it should sign a peace deal - no matter how bad - in order to get future us support. With such "friends" we soon don't need enemies. please don't congratualate when at the same time you are caring that there will not be many more birthdays of israel. hypocrite! even more dangerous that many people see you as a kind of messias and don't understand that you are just a naive child play president.

This is great news - so Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan,, Kurdistan all are going to be at peace, gee, thank you Obama! You are the One!

Palestinian Authority special forces were praised by an American general this week for becoming the founders of a new Arab country within Israel's current borders. From another news outlet: "As I look at you, I couldn't be more proud of the fact that you stepped up to be the founders of a Palestinian state," U.S. Lt.-Gen. Keith Dayton told a battalion in his speech to the troops Monday in Tulkarm. "

LarryT writes, "Israel fights terrorist while the US wants to support terror. Has 9/11 already been forgotten?" Ask the folks in NY. The White House Military Office authorized a fly-by of an Air Force 747 trailed by an F-16 around Manhattan only days ago scaring the hell out of its residents. All this for a photo-op. The folks in New York certainly haven't forgotten 9/11. Obama, Holder and the left-wing once again want to treat terrorism - oops! "man-caused disasters" - as criminal activities with rights granted to the perpetrators. He doesn't even want the al' Qaida operatives Iran has offered to turn over (according to recent reports) because he doesn't know what to do with them. All those words of congratulations to Israel, it would appear, are pro forma, "just words". It's for Obama to prove us wrong.

Obama doesn't recognize Israel as a Jewish State!!!

...want to see an accommodation of peaceful coexistence between Arab and Jew, between Israel and its Arab neighbors, something that nearly every Israeli Jew, every Jew worldwide is very eager for, see to it that our neighbors do the very minimum thing: Recognize Israel's right to exist as the nation-state of the Jewish people. You must understand, the UN proposed in 1947 the establishment of Israel as the Jewish state. The Arabs rejected the idea then and appear to reject it today, despite the fact that the entire world has recognized Israel's right. They have gone to several wars to wipe Israel off the face of earth, to extinct the lives of its Jewish population and to erase any trace of Jewish civilization from this country which is its cradle. To this day the Fatah's and Hamas's Charters call for this eventualities!!! We Jews simply can't take any more risks towards peace beyond the ones that we have already taken, while our civilian population is under daily attacks from both Gaza and the Western Bank through acts of terror, and while Iran is looming beyond. At the very least we must here, in Arabic, Hebrew and English, our neighbors recognizing our right to have a place under the sun in a part of our ancestral homeland and if we don't, peace is not likely to be forthcoming any time soon. But thank you any way.

and for sure i dont mean all of them , but what do those kahana,s and liebermen wants ? to destroy all of the muslim world ? or to destroy the palestinian people and just get them out of the way ? well , you have to understand that the world is fed up with your wishes and therefore know that this will never ever happen , anmd as long as you keep wishing for that , the whole world will not rest in peace , someone has to wake you up from your nightmares and get you on a straight line , and mabee only mabee obama will . he knows what the problem is and he wants to fix it if you would only give him a chance instead of constantly critisising him , you people have lost all the( menachem begins) that you once had and mabee obama can replace him , for your own good and for the good of those great israeli and jews who want peace around the world . vote obama instead of lieberman ....

Why are we being dumbed down and the real news NOT reported? America is busy training terrorist armies to fight Israel which will only be the spearhead of larger forces. Do you realise this being done in our own backyard? America clearly has now sided with the evil forces and our enemies, when will we see the TRUTH?? Read This: (IsraelNN.com) IsraelPalestinian Authority special forces were praised by an American general this week for becoming the founders of a new Arab country within Israel's current borders. "As I look at you, I couldn't be more proud of the fact that you stepped up to be the founders of a Palestinian state," U.S. Lt.-Gen. Keith Dayton told a battalion in his speech to the troops Monday in Tulkarm. Dayton is responsible for the military training of the PA special forces. The statement was reported by the Reuters news service. The American government has spent tens of millions of dollars outfitting the PA troops, which it calls “special forces,” possibly in order to avoid contradicting the Oslo Accords that limit military activities of the PA. Dayton has been overseeing their training, which takes place in Jordan and at a base built in Jericho with U.S. funds. Weapons for the “special forces” are provided by Arab countries, with Israeli approval. The Olmert administration also approved a gift of armored personnel carriers from Russia with the stipulation that they be unarmed. In addition, Russia had wanted to hand over two helicopters to the PA as well. Dayton told Reuters that the Obama administration plans to expand the training program for 1,500 more PA troops, creating three more battalions, in the next 12 months. Dayton already has supervised the training of 1,600 troops, most of whom are deployed in large PA-controlled Arab cities, including Jenin, Shechem and Hevron. Despite their presence, the IDF continues to carry out the task of arresting terrorists, particularly at night when the PA forces do not operate. "If it goes the way the administration has asked for, we will accelerate dramatically what we are doing here in terms of training and equipment, and filling in the gaps in between," Dayton said during his visit in Tulkarm, located almost adjacent to the Judea-Samaria separation barrier and only a few miles east of Netanya. The additional training program requires approval from Congress for more funding that would allow the construction for more PA military bases in Judea and Samaria. Without defining the cost of the additional training and construction, Dayton stated it will entail “more financial support than we have ever had before.” Both the past Bush administration and the current Obama government declared the training helps the standing and security of PA Chairman and Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas, who is seen as a moderate peace partner for Israel. Officials in the Obama administration have said that the budget for Dayton will grow from $75 million last year to $130 million in 2009. Fatah and the rival PA faction, the Hamas terrorist organization, are trying to reach a unity agreement which would make Hamas a recipient of American aid. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has stated that American financing would be problematic if Hamas joins Fatah without recognizing Israel's right to exist, and disarming. Fatah also does not officially recognize Israel, and Abbas said on Tuesday he refuses to view the country as a “Jewish State.”

Well, did he use the teleprompter when he said congrats? Yeah, congrats and watch your back, front and sides. He has a short memory when it comes to Israel. Thanks, Lenny

LONG LIVE the GREAT ISRAEL!!

From whom? Israel invaded peaceful Arabs in 1948. Israelis are very immature. America has their Independence Day to celebrate indepence from England. Israel cannot think independently, so they copy America. #2, NOBODY in my community sang the Hat song, although someone played "Fidler on the Roof" briefly, before it was destroyed!

demand of the Arabs to recognize Israel's right to be and not only the fact that it exists. If they can accept Israel's right to exist as the national home of the Jewish people, in contrast to UN resolutions and to universal understanding, how can Israelis take more risks to achieve peace with them?

israel invaded arabs in 1948??????? where have you beden for the past years? did you go to school? are tyou educated??? do you know history? in 1947-48, 7 arab armies invaded israel who was recognized as an independent jewish nation according to the un law! 7 arab armies composed mainly of falahim and uneducated people that vowed to murder each and every jew living on the land. 7 arab armies attacked our nation and cause your displacement. give me a break! israel invaded arabs? you fool and ignorant arab. vivienne beirut, lebanon

just go back to europ where you came from

The headline should read: "Obama congratulates Israel on surviving the first 100 days of his presidency."