It is Friday so lets rap this up. My beef is the attacks on BO and the US. Bibi can condemn the resolution with out the attacks on BO/US. Labeling BO Muslim, anti-Israel or anti-Semite does not accomplish anything. Not acknowledging all the support he has shown towards Israel over the years only shows how blinded one is to the facts.
This is more than fair. Labeling Obama Muslim, calling him by his middle name (when you don't do so for anyone else), smacks of racism (at the least).
I think anyone looking at this with an ounce of objectivity knows that this is more about Netanyahu than Obama. He has been driving Israel more and more right wing, and whether you personally agree with that or not, progressive Americans like Obama will certainly not take kindly to it. Statements like, "there will never be a Palestinian state" when your country's position is that there should be one (given the right deal) is going to tick off the Americans.
However, Kerry's anti Israel speech is Obama's policy. Obama's *policy* is now anti Israel. The resolution is far from toothless. And the overwhelming evidence is that it was created by the Obama administration. The lies have been many, the denials weak. They could have created an anti settlement resolution without the nods to bds, occupied Jerusalem etc. Samantha Power didn't even address those in her speech.
Sure, Obama may not feel he is anti Isreal, and not intend to be, but in his lame duck final month, he is trotting out a anti Israel policy which is radically new for the US. Bibi's provocation notwithstanding, it's infuriating to us.