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Netanyahu: Kerry biased against Israel, ignores “root of the conflict”

Dec 28, 2016 2:38 pm By Robert Spencer

“The Israeli leader said Kerry ‘obsessively dealt with settlements’, which the United States strongly opposes, in the speech. Netanyahu accused Kerry of barely touching upon ‘the root of the conflict – Palestinian opposition to a Jewish state in any boundaries.'”

Exactly. And that opposition is rooted in the Qur’an, which exhorts Muslims to “drive them out from where they drove you out” (2:191).

“Kerry’s speech biased against Israel: Netanyahu,” Reuters, December 28, 2016:

…In a statement in English issued by the Prime Minister’s Office, Netanyahu said: “Like the Security Council resolution that Secretary Kerry advanced in the U.N., his speech tonight was skewed against Israel.”

The Israeli leader said Kerry “obsessively dealt with settlements”, which the United States strongly opposes, in the speech. Netanyahu accused Kerry of barely touching upon “the root of the conflict – Palestinian opposition to a Jewish state in any boundaries”.

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Comments

  1. somehistory says

    Dec 28, 2016 at 2:48 pm

    What can be expected from a fool who gladly saw his daughter marry a moslim from iran?

    • Champ says

      Dec 28, 2016 at 4:17 pm

      Shame on kerry for throwing Netanyahu under the bus! …the man is a coward and the truth escapes him. Same holds true for obama. They’re both a pair of troublemakers for Israel — shame on both of them!

      • avi15 says

        Dec 28, 2016 at 5:27 pm

        Obama and Kerry are a busted flush. They know that and everyone else knows that. No need to pay them any attention.

      • gravenimage says

        Dec 28, 2016 at 5:43 pm

        Obama and Kerry seem to be intent on doing as much damage as possible until he is out of office. Disgusting–but hardly surprising.

        • dsinc says

          Dec 28, 2016 at 7:11 pm

          True, what’s to be expected from Dumb and Dumber.

    • underbed cat says

      Dec 28, 2016 at 11:59 pm

      Sometimes I wonder if Obama does not think that the U.S, is already a muslim country which he helped conquer and my concern is,will he really leave.? This speech by Kerry was way too long and at certain points he contradicted himself, but it airs what exactly what a muslim would say if in office…..Israel is to blame and forget that doctrine (their belief)that declares Israel have no rights to land. How clever that Kerry knows Americans are not paying attention, well that is some Americans, thank goodness the people, who do know, voted.

      The next few months will be very trying.

    • pbay says

      Dec 29, 2016 at 4:22 am

      But he got money and power for trading her…… The man has no soul

  2. Noah T says

    Dec 28, 2016 at 2:50 pm

    We better drive out the Muslims from the United States before they get too powerful and accuse us of occupying their land. Don’t you know that Muslims discovered America not Columbus?
    https://www.memri.org/tv/turkish-president-erdogan-muslims-discovered-america-three-centuries-columbus
    Another clip: https://www.memri.org/tv/egyptian-historian-ahmad-sarhan-egyptians-not-columbus-discovered-america-archival
    That means that we in America are occupying Muslim land! Look what happened to Israel we better take action soon. Israel should send back all the Muslims to Jordan Saudi Arabia etc… where they came from and then there will be peace.

    • Noah T says

      Dec 28, 2016 at 2:56 pm

      In that clip with Erdogan he also says that Islam was never used for political purposes or to conquer land ,only the Western world did that. He says Islam was only spread through peaceful means. Taqiyyah!

    • PRCS says

      Dec 28, 2016 at 3:48 pm

      1. The people who “discovered America” did so thousands of years ago. Many thousands of years ago.

      Long before present day America even existed.

      2. Every land Muslims now control were, indeed, conquered land; land already occupied by someone else.

    • The Mayor says

      Dec 29, 2016 at 2:22 am

      Noah T, you`re right on both counts! I give thanks to Mr. Spencer and his counterparts, such as Pam Geller, for their unending attempts to bring the truth about islam to the general population. I only hope that they, you, and all who recognize the growing dangers of the arab death cult, keep up your efforts to counter this 1400 year old evil, totalitarian ideology.

  3. rachel says

    Dec 28, 2016 at 2:51 pm

    Exactly. It has been the real reason for problems with the invented “palestinians”.
    The real reason the king of Jordan continues on with his erasure of historical fact with the eternally repeated lies of Islam’s replacement theology. Thank you Mr Spencer!!

  4. Walter Sieruk says

    Dec 28, 2016 at 3:04 pm

    This UN Resolution 2334 the Obama and Kerry support counting this folly two things need to be made known. First .John Kerry had tried the make the resolution sound like a valid and good “plan for peace.” This so called plain peace is, in reality, a scheme for disaster is really based on false premises. For its foundation that will produce only a bogus “peace” that will not last. Kerry says no more settlers should be allowed to move into that area land of he calls “the occupied West Bank.” Kerry actually means Jewish settlers and Kerry and he is such an ignorant man that he calls the Muslim/Arabs of that land the “Palestinians” The term “Palestinian” originally was used for all people , Arab or Jew, who, lived in that specific area of land the Middle East before the establishment of the State of Israel and for quite a number of year thereafter . Only later did they Muslim /Arabs apply that term only to themselves feeling that by giving themselves that title them some kind of genuine claim on the land. For balance and fairness there are some Christian/ Arabs who also give themselves that title of “Palestinian.”
    Second, there is a good chance the Obama had his sinister hand this the drafting of the UN Resolution with the Muslim/ Arabs. If not Obama, at least, could have had vetoed the at farce of a UN resolution. So ether way he was wrong. Obama along with Kerry also see the West Bank as “An occupied area of land which the Jewish people have no right to .” For Obama and Kerry to have such a view exposes that they are extremely ignorant or they do know better but couldn’t care less. For concerning this subject, things become even more absurd and outlandish when Obama had said that he is “a Christian.” Obama is some strange kind of “Christian” when he also said that the West Bank is “an occupied land the Israel had no right a genuine claim to” For a real Christian respects the Bible which give the Jewish people the genuine right to all of that land including the West Bank as the gift of God. As seen in the Bible in Genesis 28:13-15. 35:10-12. Deuteronomy 32:48,49. Psalm 105:7-11. So a true Christian, not Obama, would acknowledge that God had given that land to the Jews as iby Divine Decree . Likewise a real Christian, not Obama, would recognize that the Bible also teaches that the Jewish people should have that land by historic rights. As shown in the Bible in First Kings 4;20,21,24,25. 8:55,56. In addition a genuine Christian ,,not Obama, would take wise words of the teaching of Jesus. For Jesus taught “If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.” Mark 3:24. [N.K.J.V.] Moreover , the Bible in Informs its reader in Psalm 135:4. “For the Lord had chosen Jacob for Himself. Israel for His special treasure.”

    • Westman says

      Dec 28, 2016 at 5:15 pm

      As an Agnostic who has read the Bible, even I know that Obama’s position on Israel is a patent contradiction of Christianity, a religion which supports the gathering of Jews to an Israel that would include far more land than present Israel. Much of Jordan would be in Israel.

      I doubt Obama has even read the Bible and its prophecy about Israel. Obviously, he is a political religionist, attendance being necessary for legitimacy as a community spokesman, and not an actual believer in any religion. His actions completely support this supposition. As a Christian he would be an apostate from Islam and under its penalty which no Islamic group or Muslim country has threatened. He also has made no statement that he believes in Jesus. Something is very, very, fishy.

  5. Stephanie says

    Dec 28, 2016 at 3:05 pm

    Dreamer Kerry & Seibert, government spokesman of Merkel,

    Israel is a Jewish democratic state. Our goal is a 2-state solution(death of Israel!) so that Israel can remain(?) what it is.”

    https://twitter.com/schnellmann_org/status/814186984856027136

  6. Len Vaness says

    Dec 28, 2016 at 3:29 pm

    One must look at the composition of the UN before deciding what values it may have.

  7. mortimer says

    Dec 28, 2016 at 3:46 pm

    The Pallies always considered and still consider ‘Palestine’ to be to include the borders of British Mandatory Palestine. Every Jordanian king (except for the present one) said the same thing.

    Most Pallies and Jordanians would agree that Israel should be subsumed into Jordan.

  8. Jaladhi says

    Dec 28, 2016 at 3:47 pm

    This administration is Muslims supporters. They couldn’t care less for anybody, especially Israel!

  9. Champ says

    Dec 28, 2016 at 3:54 pm

    “The Israeli leader said Kerry ‘obsessively dealt with settlements’, which the United States strongly opposes, in the speech. Netanyahu accused Kerry of barely touching upon ‘the root of the conflict – Palestinian opposition to a Jewish state in any boundaries.’”

    Bravo, Netanyahu!

    “Exactly. And that opposition is rooted in the Qur’an, which exhorts Muslims to ‘drive them out from where they drove you out’ (2:191).”

    Bravo, Robert! …and if only Netanyahu had pointed this out.

    • somehistory says

      Dec 28, 2016 at 5:22 pm

      Yep. It’s mandatory hatred of all things not devoted to the beast. But special hatred for Jews and Christians. And no amount of talk or sacrifices will change that hatred. moslims won’t be satisfied…ever…because that would take the destruction of everyone who refuses islam…and that won’t ever happen.

  10. Stan Lee says

    Dec 28, 2016 at 4:41 pm

    Kerry is as frustrated a loser as Obama is, they deserve each other! Kerry is Obama’s “errand boy” because Obama hasn’t the guts to do what he directs of Kerry. Kerry who just wants to be relevant, no matter who ends up with the painful results. Kerry will evaporate ftom public life and so will Obama. From here on, they’ll pay for their own recreation. The bill won’t be coming to the U.S. tax payers!

    Has anyone wondered what matter was of such urgency that could not have been dealt with before Obama’s last three weeks in office? He must be climbing the walls of the Oval Office upon realizing that he has wasted this nation’s financial resources on his frivolity and negligence, but nothing really presidential..
    And, by the way, it is all the fault of the American people, Obama clears himself of any responsibility. a moment after he disadvantages Americans! He has shown his cowardice, but leaves the dirty work of his long-nurtured hate of Jews and Israel to Kerry while he, Obama, hides. He hides because after all his lying, he’ll never admit that what he has done in 8 years was for his love of Islam. And, that love has been completely supported by the Democrat Party!

    What is really aggravating him is his realization that only he thinks he was a successful President. The more we, the people, consider Obama, the less can be found that can be called successful, other than close to $90 millions of vacation costs and other expenses for nursing his wasrefuk recreations.

  11. Angemon says

    Dec 28, 2016 at 4:44 pm

    Netanyahu accused Kerry of barely touching upon “the root of the conflict – Palestinian opposition to a Jewish state in any boundaries”.

    “Barely”? Even that is too kind.

  12. Vic says

    Dec 28, 2016 at 5:04 pm

    Yes! The exact crux of the matter! Bravo, PM Netanyahu! Bravo Robert Spencer! Now, if only BIbi would have put those two thoughts together in his remarks. Perhaps Mr. Trump understands the real dilemma.
    Pres Obama and Kerry seem to want to do and say “newsworthy things” in the last few days in office. They had years to put their thoughts together like creating jobs, supporting allies, dealing decisively with our enemies, boosting the economy, making our borders safe, etc, etc, etc. but they failed, failed, failed…. they wait until now. Oh, wait! We have some profound revelations we want to share with you. Are they having trouble leaving the WH? Are they dreading fading from public life and becoming irrelevant? They killed the Party and are having difficulty doing a post mortem.
    So sad!

    • Westman says

      Dec 28, 2016 at 5:31 pm

      Don’t forget all those promised infrastucture projects and the jobs not created. Obama managed to force minimum-wage workers into the laps of the insurance companies while creating few high-paying jobs. His administration always left out the term “low-paying” when talking about the jobs, “they created”.

    • Westman says

      Dec 28, 2016 at 5:38 pm

      Irrelevant? Anyone heard from Donald Rumsfeld, the now unknow, unknown, lately? Does anyone have that desire?

      It’s going to be interesting to watch Obama become irrelevant. The only unknown, unknown is how quickly it happens.

  13. gravenimage says

    Dec 28, 2016 at 5:39 pm

    Netanyahu: Kerry biased against Israel, ignores “root of the conflict”
    …………………..

    Indeed it does. Both Hamas *and* Fatah have as their main goal the utter destruction of Israel.

    • Custos Custodum says

      Dec 29, 2016 at 12:43 am

      BTW if the Phakestinians ever got a chance to annihilate Israel, they would NOT exempt Israeli Arabs.

    • Mark Swan says

      Dec 29, 2016 at 12:58 am

      So, too, is the goal, of all those who support these corrupt Palestinian groups.

      There are so many ploys for those who want to destroy Israel—yet they have no good cause,
      just ample opportunity, for now, with all the addle minded of the world, allowing this to happen.

  14. Dov Berrol says

    Dec 28, 2016 at 6:21 pm

    Melanie Phillips eloquently articulates the case for Israel here:

    http://melaniephillips.com/obamas-malice-mays-shame-drain-un-swamp/

  15. Champ says

    Dec 28, 2016 at 6:44 pm

    • Champ says

      Dec 28, 2016 at 6:45 pm

      BRAVO, NETANYAHU!! …HEAR, HEAR!!

      • Westman says

        Dec 28, 2016 at 8:06 pm

        Hear Hear, truth is spoken!

    • Daniel Triplett says

      Dec 28, 2016 at 8:26 pm

      The greatest leader in Earth. God is definitely working through this fine man. Especially with his military background, Bibi should be Supreme Allied Commander for WWIII.

      Well, either Bibi our DJT, whoever is willing to use nukes to solve the problem quickly and efficiently.

    • Sovereign Man says

      Dec 29, 2016 at 3:21 am

      The article photo is worth a thousand words but only one is needed: betrayal.

  16. ibrahim itace muhammed says

    Dec 28, 2016 at 6:46 pm

    mr spencer, you are the most ignorant analyst.quran 2:191 has no relevance with israeli illegal occupation and settlements on palestinian land in contaventions of un resolutions.the arabic version of the verse reads:”waqtuluu hum haithu thaqiftumuu hum wakhrujuu hum min haithu akhrajukum walfitinatu ashaddu minalqatl wala tuqatiluhum indal masjidil haram hatta yuqatilukum fih fa in qataluukum faqtuluuhum kazalika jazauul kafirin”.the verse is talking about permission by allah to muslims defend themselves against attacks from unbelivers who drove them out of their homes.that they can even drive unbelievers out of their homes as they did to muslims.the relevant question now is, did palestinians drive jews out of their homes(or land) and occupied them?when did that happened? in fact the muslims driven away from mecca did not actually drive away pagan meccans from their homes when mecca was conquered.the holy prophet declared amnesty for all meccans even though the muslims had the right to retaliate for what was done them. thus, evil jews have no valid right to drive palestinians from the homes(land) and settle there by virture of the provisions of numerous un resolutions.devil trump cannot reverse un’s position on this issue.the united states is no longer in control of international community.devil trump and evil netanyahu are just deceiving themselves.

    • Champ says

      Dec 28, 2016 at 7:01 pm

      More tripe from our resident pathological liar “ibrahim itace muhammed” …

      • Greyhound Fancier says

        Dec 28, 2016 at 11:02 pm

        What is “holy” about the pedophile “prophet”? Creepy!!

    • Westman says

      Dec 28, 2016 at 8:30 pm

      Ibrahim, the Obama administration is only trying this “censure” of Israel because it has few legacies and is desperate to compensate for its failure to topple Assad. Assad has won and they know it.

      Anyone who wants “peace” by excluding Jews is advocating Ethnic Cleansing – a legacy of Hitler and Stalin. There will be no progress until that demand is dropped.

      If you think our cowardly leftists can actually stop our patriots from supporting Israel or that we’re going along with the nations who voted against Israel or the BDS crowd – hold on tight because the brakes are on and we’re reversing direction in less than a month.

      Mecca? If the Iranian Mullahs succeed in making a nuclear bomb there may be no more Mecca.

      Like it or not Ibrahim, all of the nations who voted for this resolution against Israel are protected by the US military and will withdraw such support if Trump tells them its either do it or raise your own army. 70 years of miltary welfare is enough.

    • gravenimage says

      Dec 28, 2016 at 8:48 pm

      Yet more from appalling apologist for Muslim savagery ibrahim itace muhammed:

      mr (sic) spencer, (sic) you are the most ignorant analyst.quran (sic) 2:191 has no relevance with israeli (sic) illegal occupation and settlements on palestinian (sic) land in contaventions (sic) of un resolutions.
      ………………………………….

      It has to do with the genocidal Muslim hatred of all Infidels, and belief that if they do not submit to Islam that they may be killed. Doesn’t muhammed even understand his own foul “holy book”?

      As long as Israel exists as a sovereign state, Muslims will seek to destroy it.

      More:

      the arabic (sic) version of the verse reads:”waqtuluu hum haithu thaqiftumuu hum wakhrujuu hum min haithu akhrajukum walfitinatu ashaddu minalqatl wala tuqatiluhum indal masjidil haram hatta yuqatilukum fih fa in qataluukum faqtuluuhum kazalika jazauul kafirin”.the verse is talking about permission by allah (sic) to muslims (sic) defend themselves against attacks from unbelivers (sic) who drove them out of their homes.that (sic) they can even drive unbelievers out of their homes as they did to muslims.the (sic) relevant question now is, did palestinians (sic) drive jews (sic) out of their homes(or land) and occupied them?when (sic) did that happened? (sic)
      ………………………………….

      Muslims did in fact invade and conquer what today is Israel. You would not have thought that the aggressive muhammed would have missed that part. In fact, the Muslim hordes invaded all of the Levant, Middle East, and Mahgreb, and have treated the Infidels there like dirt ever since.

      muhammed just hates that brave little Israel *fought back*.

      More:

      in fact the muslims (sic) driven away from mecca did not actually drive away pagan meccans (sic) from their homes when mecca was conquered.the holy prophet declared amnesty for all meccans (sic) even though the muslims (sic) had the right to retaliate for what was done them.
      ………………………………….

      Well, that is just grimly hilarious. By the end of Muhammed’s life, all Pagans, Christians, and Jews have been driven out of Arabia, or enslaved or murdered out right.

      More:

      thus, (sic) evil jews (sic) have no valid right to drive palestinians (sic) from the homes(land) and settle there by virture (sic) of the provisions of numerous un (sic) resolutions.
      ………………………………….

      Except that they aren’t. Jordan is the nation set up for local Muslims.

      More:

      devil (sic) trump (sic) cannot reverse un’s (sic) position on this issue.the (sic) united (sic) states (sic) is no longer in control of international community.devil (sic) trump (sic) and evil netanyahu (sic) are just deceiving themselves.
      ………………………………….

      Well, it’s true that the UN is now dominated by the OIC (Organisation of Islamic Cooperation) nations. That is nothing to brag about.

      I would love to see the US distance itself from the UN. It has been largely a vehicle for tyranny for some decades now–first for Communism, and now for Islam and other undemocratic forces.

      Meanwhile, Israel–and the United States, for that matter–are vibrant, wealthy states that Muslims are just slathering to destroy. No decent person should be helping them in this endeavor.

      • Greyhound Fancier says

        Dec 28, 2016 at 11:08 pm

        Jordan doesn’t want the “Palestinians” either…

        Can you blame them?

    • efoc says

      Dec 28, 2016 at 8:49 pm

      Do you work for Barack Obama? Sounds like it.

      • Greyhound Fancier says

        Dec 28, 2016 at 11:08 pm

        Actually, he sounds like he IS Barack Obama.

    • PRCS says

      Dec 28, 2016 at 11:37 pm

      “even though the muslims had the right to retaliate”

      According to whom?

    • don vito says

      Dec 29, 2016 at 12:14 am

      itace, what would it take, to keep the filthy hands of your prophet, taking the life and property of this kufr?

    • Custos Custodum says

      Dec 29, 2016 at 12:54 am

      Ibe:

      (1) Learn to type like a grown-up.
      (2) Read up on Western insights about Islam.
      (3) Turn your back on the cult of submission and try to live the life of a free person.

      Good luck.

  17. Daniel Triplett says

    Dec 28, 2016 at 9:02 pm

    Look at the expression on Bibi’s face. Priceless.

    He looks like he just stepped in dog shit, which he had whenever meathead Kerry gets involved.

    Israel should just revoke his Visa forever. He’s destructive.

  18. PRCS says

    Dec 28, 2016 at 11:39 pm

    Barry and Kerry.

  19. More Ham Ed says

    Dec 29, 2016 at 1:46 am

    https://s28.postimg.org/xc4q8bjb1/Nut_And_Yahoo.jpg

  20. Chris Malan says

    Dec 29, 2016 at 4:23 am

    The ‘root of the conflict’ is that the Jews and Arabs just don’t like each other and are forced to live very close to each other or even in mixed societies. The Northen Ireland problems dragged on much longer than the Jewish-Arab problems have existed – mainly since Israeli independence in 1948. The Jewish-Arab problems will still be there when all of us are dead. Any politician who hopes to make a name for himself by mediating peace in that region is guaranteed to fail.

    These are just the facts. Nothing we can do about it.

    • dumbledoresarmy says

      Dec 29, 2016 at 6:28 am

      Mate, it isn’t about Jews and Arabs not liking each other.

      It’s about ISLAM.

      Islam teaches Muslims to despise, hate and make war upon *all* Infidels – every imaginable kind of non-Muslim, though the Koran teaches a special sort of hatred toward Jews qua Jews – until said Infidels have been forced to become Muslim, or are subjugated and crushed as near-slave dhimmis, or are… dead.

      Read surah 9 of the Koran.

      The Muslims (who happen to be Arabs, in this particular case, but Persian and Turkish Muslims *also* hate Jews like poison, not because of Israel, but because they are Jewish Infidels) are making war on Israel in order to destroy it, and absorb its territory and its people into the dar al Islam.

      The Israelis – the Jews of Israel – are defending themselves, in and on their historic ancestral homeland that was NOT the historic homeland of Arabs and certainly not of Muslims, either.

      They are defending themselves *exactly* as every *other * infidel state assailed by Jihad must do… if it wishes to survive, and not perish utterly.

      • Chris Malan says

        Dec 29, 2016 at 7:28 am

        Israel is a special case. They were gone from their ancestral homeland for nearly two thousand years, during which time other peoples lived there. Most of these people later became Muslims. A few were Christians. When Israel came back and became an independent country, they really treated many of these people atrociously, Muslims and Christians alike. That is history, nothing you can do about it. One cardinal sin the Israelis committed in the eyes of Islam was to defeat and resist a much bigger number of Muslims far too easily. That was, and still is rubbing salt into the wounds. They are hated by the Palestinians far more than by Muslims further afield. I have known Israelis and Muslims quite well and heard what they had to say about each other. Forget peace between them.

        You will be in favour of the ‘ancestral homeland’ argument unless you are a white American and they want to apply it to your country by giving it back to the Amerindians, or an Australian and the Aborigines or a New Zealander and the Maoris or one of many such groups. In fact, in none of these cases did the original peoples leave their ‘ancestral homelands’ and so arguably forfeited it.

        • Champ says

          Dec 29, 2016 at 3:22 pm

          Chris wrote:

          Israel is a special case. They were gone from their ancestral homeland for nearly two thousand years, during which time other peoples lived there.

          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

          You have been *grossly* misinformed …

          “We Never Left: The Jews’ Continuous Presence in the Land of Israel”

          https://www.algemeiner.com/2016/09/11/we-never-left-the-jews-continuous-presence-in-the-land-of-israel/

          Excerpt:

          “Historian James Parkes explained why it is so important to remind the world that the Jews never left Israel: “The omission [of the fact of continual Jewish presence in the land] allowed the anti-Zionist, whether Jewish, Arab or European, to paint an entirely false picture of the wickedness of Jewry in trying to re-establish a two-thousand-year-old claim the country, indifferent to everything that had happened in the intervening period.”

          But is it true that the Jews never left Israel? Yes, it is:

          Talmudic Age: The Romans did not exile the Jews. Post-revolt synagogues dotted the land. The misnah and Palestinian Talmud were written. The Romans recognized the Patriarch as the community’s head until the fifth century.

          The Muslim Dynasties: The Jews were still there.

          Crusader rule: The Jews fought at Jerusalem, and held the Crusaders off — alone at Haifa — for a month.

          The Mamluks: the Jews were still there — in their four holy cities and elsewhere.

          The 400 years of Ottoman Turk rule: The Jews were still there, becoming Jerusalem’s majority during this time.

          Parkes is indeed right that we grievously err in not making it clear that Israel, far from being “founded” in 1948, has been the Jewish people’s uninterrupted homeland during and since biblical times. (Instead we self-deprecatingly talk about “Jewish settlements” in “East” Jerusalem and “the West Bank.”)

          And that is what fighting “anti-Israel media bias” is all about: countering the media’s effect on Western public opinion about Jewish and Arab homeland equities in Israel.”

        • Cecilia Ellis says

          Dec 29, 2016 at 4:20 pm

          Great comment, Champ!

        • Champ says

          Dec 29, 2016 at 5:59 pm

          Hi Cecilia! Hope you had a very Merry Christmas, and I also want to wish you a *blessed* New Year! 🙂

        • Cecilia Ellis says

          Dec 29, 2016 at 7:32 pm

          Thanks, Champ, and seasonal Christmas greetings to you and your family, especially “Li’l Champ”! May you be blessed throughout the New Year.

    • dumbledoresarmy says

      Dec 29, 2016 at 6:30 am

      Chris: the Jihad isn’t just coming for Israel, or for the Jews. It’s coming for *you*, too, if you are not a Muslim; and the sole and sufficient casus belli, the only thing that is necessary for Muslims to regard you as an inhabitant of the dar al Harb, the Zone of War, is that you are not Muslim, that you are atheist or follow a non-Islamic faith.

      That. is. all. you. have. to . do to be warred against by Muslims, to be hated and despised by Muslims. You are a filthy Kuffar, and unless you convert to Islam, and join the allah gang, the mohammedan Mob, you will *remain* a filthy Kuffar, “the worst of beasts”.

      Israel is just one small theatre of the Global Jihad.

  21. Capitalist-Dad says

    Dec 29, 2016 at 9:50 am

    Kerry is a lightweight who may have not even been in Congress except for his sole “accomplishment”: marrying wealth women. Given his history–selling out his brothers in Vietnam to gain political notice; throwing away medals (but not really)–is it any surprise he would participate in throwing as many wrenches as possible into government gears as BO’s parting temper tantrum? Americans had the temerity to reject Obamaism and the crash program of royal edicts and ally screwing in the remaining few weeks of the BO regime is payback. Truly disgusting and grossly partisan, but not out of step with the modern Prog movement. The glue that holds them together, despite disparate pet issues, it their devote hatred of America. Pathetic!

  22. SpiritOf1683 says

    Dec 29, 2016 at 2:57 pm

    The only good thing about this is that Kerry will be consigned to the dustbin of history in 21 days time.

    • PRCS says

      Dec 29, 2016 at 6:39 pm

      Gotta wonder how much trouble the doofus duo can cause in that time.

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