Israel Matzav

Of course: State Department opposes Levy report

It goes without saying, doesn't it? The Hussein Obama - Clinton State Department has panned the report issued by a blue-ribbon panel headed by retired Supreme Court Justice Edmond Levy. In the Obama-Clinton Fantasyland, Joooz have no rights.

“We do not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlement activity and we oppose any effort to legalize outposts,” a US State Department spokesman, Patrick Ventrell told reporters in Washington.

He spoke on the same day that the Israeli government published a report by a three member legal panel, known as the outpost committee, which called for the legalization of those fledgling West Bank Jewish communities.

Its publication comes on the eve of US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns’ trip to Israel this week along with a delegation that will hold a strategic dialogue with Israel.

Burns is expected to meet with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, as part of an ongoing effort to rekindle the frozen peace talks. His trip will be followed by a visit from US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Read the whole thing.

The time to do this is NOW. Obama is not going to hurt his reelection bid by picking a fight with Israel over something about which most Americans are ambivalent at best.

Labels: Barack Hussein Obama, Campaign 2012, Judea and Samaria

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 9:30 AM