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Submitted by AJDS on July 27, 2009 - 22:57

Painting Obama as an enemy will hurt Israel badly

Middle East News Service Comments: The best indication I have seen so far that the US is slowly beginning to be perceived as the enemy in Israel has been in the writing of Australian Expatriate Isi Leibler who expounded on The case against Obama [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1246443820172&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull]. Leibler is hard-liner but he cannot but he is not in the same league as Obama other critics like Anne Bayefsky. The Obama White House is certainly scaring the Israeli right. Dan Fleshler highlighted a good reason when he wrote:

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Submitted by AJDS on March 8, 2009 - 00:41

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Submitted by AJDS on June 7, 2009 - 23:41

Obama’s Cairo’s speech: a compilation of views

Obama's speech to the Muslim world has generated a huge amount of commentary. The following is intended as an overview some of the more interesting points raised --Sol Salbe
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Submitted by AJDS on March 8, 2009 - 11:29

What about the real sins?

[ME News Service Comments: Anyone following the Israeli media would find that besides being concerned with coalition making, one of the biggest story concerns Navy Chief Major General Eli Marom’s visit to a strip club. The prediction is that he will lose his job because he lied about it. What I have been waiting is for someone to point our the obvious: In Israel’s current warped value system soldiers get punished far more severely for stealing from Palestinians (without authorisation) than for murdering them without authorisation.
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