Israel Matzav: Sarah Palin redux

Sarah Palin redux

Thinking about Sarah Palin's comments on Israel over the past week, I'd like to remind you all of this post from the summer.

Right now the narrative presented the world by the political right in Israel is ignored, not even heard let alone listened to or given credibility. With that state of affairs in mind, I want to help the Israeli right find their “zivug.” So I offer here a “shidduch.” [Zivug and shidduch both mean "match" - usually, but not always, in the sense of finding a spouse. CiJ]

What an opportunity a “shidduch” with Sarah Palin presents. Stepping down as Governor of Alaska she now confronts the challenge of an expanded political horizon. And that means developing thoughtful, rational alternatives to President Obama’s Muslim-centric worldview. And Sarah Palin has a megaphone loud enough to impact American opinion.

Begin the courtship. Sarah Palin meet the Israeli political right. The two of you will meet for coffee. See how it goes.

As she steps onto a bigger stage questions will dog her. But they won’t be questions about her experience. No, the non-stop attack of her critics will be centered on Sarah Palin’s threshold of knowledge and her success at grasping, and communicating the issues of the day.

This much is obvious she has a political gift. How she presents herself, how she frames the issues, how she connects with people, how she uses her gift… that’s the unresolved question.

Read the whole thing. Sounds prophetic, doesn't it? Hmmm.

Israel Matzav: Sarah Palin redux

Israel Matzav: Sarah Palin on Israel

Sarah Palin on Israel

Here's an interview with Sarah Palin on Fox News' Bill O'Reilly show. Note what she says about Israel starting at the 1:25 mark (Hat Tip: Gateway Pundit).




Well, she seems to get it.


Israel Matzav: Sarah Palin on Israel

Israel Matzav: J Street attacks Sarah Palin

J Street attacks Sarah Palin

If anyone still needs to ask whose side they're on, you haven't been watching the news. J Street, the pro-Israel pro-'peace' organization, issued the following response to Sarah Palin's comments about Israel in her interview with Barbara Walters.

J Street rejects Sarah Palin’s comments attacking President Obama’s sensible policy on Israeli settlements in the West Bank yesterday during an ABC News interview with Barbara Walters.

Palin’s pandering to her right-wing base comes at the expense of the security of the State of Israel, the lives of those actually living the conflict, and the fundamental American interest in achieving a two-state solution in the near term. Her words reveal a glaring ignorance of damaging facts and a callous disregard of past and present U.S. policy.

For decades, American presidents have held that Israeli settlements in the West Bank are an impediment to peace. They are joined by the majority of Israelis and pro-Israel Americans who view the growing settlement enterprise as a threat to Israel’s very future as a Jewish democracy.

President Obama’s administration continued along that path yesterday, rightly and sensibly expressing concern with unilateral actions on both sides that would preempt the negotiation of final status issues that are necessary to achieve a two-state solution to the conflict.

J Street supports President Obama and Middle East Peace Envoy George Mitchell as they press the parties to begin the hard work of achieving a two-state solution, the only way to secure Israel’s future as a Jewish, democratic homeland.

Whose side are they on? Not Israel's side. The vast majority of Jewish Israelis do not believe that 'settlements' are an 'impediment to peace.' The 'impediment to peace' is the 'Palestinian' refusal to accept a State of Israel of any size in this region. The vast majority of Israelis do not believe that the 'settlement enterprise' is a threat to Israel's future as a Jewish democracy.

But J Street continues to blindly support President Obumbler. When he is thrown out of office in 2012, will J Street fall into the dustbin of history? I sure hope so.

Israel Matzav: J Street attacks Sarah Palin

Israel Matzav: Sarah Palin does it again

Sarah Palin does it again

Sarah Palin told ABC's Barbara Walters on Wednesday night that the Obumbler has gotten it all wrong on Israel and the 'Palestinians.'

Palin, whose book, "Going Rogue: An American Life," hit bookshelves today, took aim at the Obama administration's stance on Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territories.

"I disagree with the Obama administration on that," Palin told Walters. "I believe that the Jewish settlements should be allowed to be expanded upon, because that population of Israel is, is going to grow. More and more Jewish people will be flocking to Israel in the days and weeks and months ahead. And I don't think that the Obama administration has any right to tell Israel that the Jewish settlements cannot expand."

I saw the book all over the place on Tuesday and Wednesday. But there's no index so I couldn't find what she has written about Israel, if anything.

But I'm not surprised. Although she's been brutalized by the leftist media in the US, Sarah Palin seems to have her head on pretty straight (and for those of you who want to criticize her about her daughter, you've probably never raised a teenager - they do what they want once they get to a certain age).

Here's Palin with Charles Gibson talking about foreign policy.

Israel Matzav: Sarah Palin does it again