Opinion  Ben-Dror Yemini
Obama is a great friend of Israel
Ben-Dror Yemini
Published: 26.01.15, 10:58
Comment Comment
Print comment Print comment
Back to article
39 Talkbacks for this article
31. Exciting
Animal Farm ,   Israel   (01.26.15)
Yemini seems to believe that many people choice nonsense as truth and not few politicians and journalists make a living of it
32. To nr. 4.
Sjoerd van der Velde ,   Hoorn, Holland   (01.26.15)
More or less right. Also the United States, American Republican party first think of United States, American, internal, national and domestic interests/hegemony. Fortunately also Israel is a sovereign, independant and self-determinating nation-state.
33. Great friend?
Brod ,   USA   (01.26.15)
This article about Obama being a "friend of Israel" is the height of idiocy. The fact is Obama the Islamist is no friend of Israel. He is also no friend of Judeo-Christian America. His friends are the Muslim Brotherhood that he meets at the White House. He surrounds himself with fanatical Islamists-members of the Muslim Brotherhood.
34. To: No. 1
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (01.26.15)
But you fail to understand. The American people have made it resoundingly plain -- they are not interested in rapprochement with Iran, and they are not interested in American support for a state sponsor of terror, nor are they interested in tacit support for the terrorist beneficiaries of the rogue Islamic Republic. President Obama, you will recall, works for the American people. It is incumbent upon him to act in accord with the wishes of the American people. He is free to act on his personal Islamist agenda once he is out of office. But not while he holds office.
35. Republi
David LevineUSA ,   Denver,USA   (01.26.15)
Ignorant comment. You have no understanding of American politics regarding Israel.
36. #18-Its Not Jews who are suicidal but the LiberalLeft
Ben   (01.27.15)
who trust those who hold the beliefe in ceasing land for peace shangrilala will descend on all Israel. The Fact is the Israeli LIberals are the enemy within which we need to bust their bubble of lies that aids Israel's enemies with the dream of Palestine from Mediterranean to JOrdan.
37. #21 - even with the WB you are already a sitting duck
spyguy ,   seattle usa   (01.27.15)
Per published documents from the IDF, there are over 50000 missiles aimed at Israel right this minute and most are capable of reaching ALL of Israel's population centers. So, keeping the WB serves no useful purpose. BTW - those missiles are only going to get more powerful and more accurate (most have a accuracy of 30 meters right now and soon it will be closer to 5 meters). Thinking the settlers in the WB will "save" you is pure foolishness. If you really want a future, then reach an agreement with the Arabs so they won't want to drop missiles on you.
38. Total failure of understanding the concept of policy
Shachar ,   Eilat   (01.27.15)
Ben-Dror along with most other critics completely fail to understand the concept of policy. He (and others) seem to think that republican policy turned Iraq and Afghanistan into peace-loving paradises and Obama ruined them. The reality is that American foreign policy remains unchanged irrespective of who's in the White House. Nobody expects foreign policy to bring miraculous solutions. American foreign policy is about bringing American values to the world and if you do it year in, year out, decade after decade in the end your view prevails. Winning battles will never replace winning minds....
39. The US and Obama support Israel because of its democracy.
Michael ,   California, USA   (01.27.15)
Democracy is the link that binds the countries together and Israel must never allow its democracy to weaken. The American model of democracy should guide Israel which knows very well that it started with separation of church and state. A man of Thomas Jefferson's caliber is needed in Israel to write the constitution, to bring Israel and the US even closer. Weakening Israeli democracy will be a suicide.
Previous talkbacks
Back to article