Israel Has Survived Eight Years of Barack Obama’s False Friendship
“Tough love” or cowardice?
January 20, 2017
“Tough love” or cowardice?
In his speech justifying America’s decision to allow passage of the UN Security Council resolution declaring it a violation of international law for Jews to live in east Jerusalem, the West Bank, or the Golan Heights, Secretary of State John Kerry declared that “friends need to tell each other the hard truths.” John Podhoretz comments:
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Doing so can send a welcome message to Arab allies.
A freedom that could always be subjugated to a higher, more progressive ideal.
Good Jew, bad Jew.
Renewing the covenant.