John Kerry's moral preaching on the Israel-Palestinian issue "counterproductive"

[shaayecanaan]

Some pearls of wisdom from Abe Foxman and those lion-hearted liberals over at the anti-Defamation League:-

After the White House meeting on October 29, I was among the few Jewish leaders to give the Obama Administration the benefit of the doubt in pursuing the diplomatic route and agreed to refrain from urging the Senate to impose additional sanctions for a short period of time to enable the U.S. to pursue diplomacy. I wanted to give the Obama Administration a chance to demonstrate that they could make real progress on this issue. But rather than leading Iran to make serious concessions, the Islamic Republic has used the perception of its willingness to negotiate with the U.S. and other nations in order to hold on to its right to enrich uranium while getting relief from some sanctions.

Did you hear that Obama? He gave you the benefit of the doubt! And now he is crying into his pillow at night. I hope you're satisfied.

I was deeply troubled by several of the points in the tentative agreement which were reported in the past few days and may be acted upon in the next round of meetings scheduled for November 20 in Geneva. I am now convinced that this agreement will not only prematurely roll back the sanctions regime, but that it would legitimize Iran as a threshold nuclear state. I believe we no longer have the luxury or the option to refrain from enacting additional sanctions against Iran. The time has come for Congress, especially the Senate, not only to reconfirm and strengthen the existing sanctions, but also to begin to impose additional sanctions against Iran. Crippling sanctions have worked in the past and they have the greatest chance to succeed in getting Iran to agree to give up its nuclear weapons program.

Both the U.S. and Israel need each other at this pivotal moment, but do not seem to trust each other. The U.S. government’s leaking of information about Israel’s defensive military actions in the area, including actions in Syria and Sudan – not to mention Secretary of State John Kerry’s moral preaching to the Israelis on the Israeli-Palestinian issue – were counterproductive.

Did you hear that Kerry? Your MORAL PREACHING WAS COUNTERPRODUCTIVE! He should cease his moral preaching immediately, or at least confine it to the Palestinians, given that hectoring and jawboning the Palestinians is in the finest annals of American tradition.

http://www.adl.org/press-center/press-releases/israel-middle-east/adl-criticizes-us-policy-on-iran-calls-for-additional-sanctions.html#.UpKigtKBmTB

[pscot]

1. Quick! Call the Waaahmbulance

Israel needs to get over itself.