Obama: Jerusalem must remain the undivided capital of Israel

Orthodox Jews to Join Arab Organizations in Protest Against the AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee) Annual Dinner, and Against the Recent Atrocities in GAZA

Place: Outside the Marriott Marquis Times Square, NYC
Date: Thursday, January 31, 2008
Time: 6:00 PM NEW YORK, Jan. 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/

-- The following is a statement by Rabbi Yisroel Dovid Weiss, a spokesman for Neturei Karta International

Rabbi Yisroel Dovid Weiss, a spokesman for Neturei Karta International, Jews United Against Zionism, stated at a recent meeting:

"Philanthropists, government representatives and well meaning people, should be apprised of the reality, that supporting Zionism and the State of 'Israel' does not help Jews or Judaism, but on the contrary only helps to perpetuate the tragic impasse and constant bloodshed in the Middle East, both of Arab and Jew.

"Not supporting the State of 'Israel' does not make one, in any way, less of a friend of the Jewish people and most certainly does not label one an anti-semite."

The Rabbi further stated: "The terrible oppression and deaths wrought on the Palestinian people in general and now particularly of those residing in Gaza is yet another example of the awful consequences of Zionism. We Jews true to the Torah, issue a passionate condemnation of these latest Israeli atrocities. The deaths and suffering of these people, is only the most recent example of the sixty year toll of human suffering created by the Zionist enterprise in the Middle East.

"History clearly attests to the fact that the Jewish existence in all Muslim countries was mostly harmonious and only since the inception of Zionism has this relationship been destroyed. Remove the intimidation and hyperbole of AIPAC and its ilk, and any logical person will conclude that the difference of religion is not the cause of the deep seated rift between Jews and Arabs. The new ideology, the political movement of Zionism, which culminated in the form of the State of 'Israel,' is the real culprit. In fact, Zionism is the direct cause for the exacerbation of anti Semitism universally."

 

So very true...
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Some will have a different opinion and will express it fairly.
Some will say Arabs are anti-Semitic (actually Arabs are the real semites)
Some will say the Rabbi is a Self-hating Jew.
Some will say Zionism doesn't exist, and everything is a conspiracy.

 

Obama's Comments on Israel Stir Criticsm in U.S.

By Larry Roher

The morning after claiming the Democratic nomination, Senator Barack Obama spoke to skeptical members of a pro-Israel lobby and made a pledge that some of them found pleasantly surprising: “Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel, and it must remain undivided.”

That statement generated a storm of controversy in the Middle East, with one Kuwaiti daily calling it “a slap in the face” to Arabs. And over the last 24 hours, as Mr. Obama and his campaign have sought to explain his initial remarks, and suggested that an undivided Jerusalem would be hard to achieve, they have been accused of backtracking, which has generated a new round of criticism, this one here at home among Jewish groups.

http://votersforpeace.us/press/index.php?itemid=439

What is difference between Bush's view and Obama's view on Middle East ?

 

The difference is Bush sticks to his misguided views on the middle east while obama first sticks his finger in the air to see which way the political opinion winds are blowing before taking, at best, a temporary position that will, in his mind, help his political aspirations.