Obama: It’s Time to Reassess Our Special Relationship With Israel

 …by Jonas E. Alexis

Obama seems to be taking America’s so-called special relationship with Israel to a new level, and it doesn’t seem to be good for Netanyahu, who actually used blatant racism during his reelection.[1]

Obama himself took like an eternity to congratulate Netanyahu on his reelection, but that congratulation came with a warning. It has been reported that

“President Barack Obama told Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday that Washington would ‘reassess’ its options on U.S.-Israel relations and Middle East diplomacy after the Israeli prime minister took a position against Palestinian statehood during his re-election campaign, a White House official said.

“The White House, unmoved by Netanyahu’s effort to backtrack, delivered a fresh rebuke against him on Thursday and signaled that Washington may reconsider its decades-old policy of shielding close ally Israel from international pressure at the United Nations.”

White House officials even called Netanyahu’s tactic or strategy “cynical.”

This is certainly not good for the Zionist machine, and Neo-Bolsheviks such as John Podhoretz know this. Podhoretz has recently said that “the crisis has exploded.”[2] Jewish Neocons such as Joseph Klein are so frightened that they think Obama is going to “unleashed the UN on Israel.”[3] Zionist puppets such as Rick Perry are already “alarmed” that Obama will no longer back Israel at the United Nations.[4]

If the administration suspends their support for Israel, that certainly would be a great leap forward precisely because the Israeli regime continues to show its true colors. A senior White House official declared that

“We are now in a reality where the Israeli government no longer supports direct negotiations. Therefore we clearly have to factor that into our decisions going forward.”[5]

“Daniel Levy, a former Israeli peace negotiator who is now the head of the Middle East and North Africa program at the European Council on Foreign Relations, warned that the administration’s patience was growing thin.

“‘What the Obama administration is saying is that, ‘Yes, we’re still committed to you,’ Mr. Levy said. ‘But if you don’t give us something to work with, we can’t continue to carry the rest of the world for you.’”[6]

The conclusion here is pretty simple. No one now doubts that the Obama administration has serious problem with the Israeli regime. Newsweek for example now admits that there is a “toxic” relationship between Obama and Netanyahu.[7] In the same vein, USA Today says that the relationship could get worse.[8]

In other words, whenever Netanyahu gets weird or whenever he is on his regular psychopathic plane, he is basically shooting himself and the Zionist movement in the toes. This is why Palestinian journalists like Daoud Kuttab can say that the “world no longer bound to defend Israel internationally.”[9] Some writers are even saying that “The ‘special relationship’ will never be the same.”[10]

Let us hope that Obama continues to challenge the mad man in Tel Aviv. What we can say at this present moment is that things are moving forward, and progress has certainly been made–though on a minor scale. A decade ago, no administration or serious U.S. official would challenge the Israeli regime publicly.  This has changed greatly, thanks to Netanyahu’s persistent and psychopathic behavior, which has caused huge reactions all over the Western world and beyond. Obama declared,

“We take him at his word when he said that it [the two-state solution] wouldn’t happen during his prime ministership, and so that’s why we’ve got to evaluate what other options are available to make sure that we don’t see a chaotic situation in the region.”

The Huffington Post tells us: “Though [Obama] pledged to keep working with the Israeli government on military and intelligence operations, Obama declined to say whether the United States would continue to block Palestinian efforts to secure statehood through the United Nations. In a phone conversation the two had on Thursday, he said he indicated to Netanyahu that ‘it is going to be hard to find a path where people are seriously believing that negotiations are possible.'”

Just recently, the New York Times itself has admitted that “White House antagonism toward Netanyahu grows.” In another article, we read that “Netanyahu tactic angers many U.S. Jews, deepening a divide.” The Week has produced a very confrontational article entitled, “Why It’s Time for Obama to Cut Off America’s Subsidies to Israel.” The article argued:

“But now, despite some shameless backtracking, it’s clear that Netanyahu is, at best, an unreliable partner for peace, if not an outright foe of an independent Palestine. As many have pointed out, the divergence of U.S. and Israeli interests has never been more pronounced, and the big question is how the U.S. should adjust.

“While the Obama administration has indicated it may support a United Nations resolution calling for an independent Palestine along 1967 borders, it should go even further: by cutting the U.S.’s massive subsidies to Israel and withdrawing diplomatic cover for Netanyahu’s every move.

“Of course, unquestioning deference to Israeli priorities is still essentially mandatory in U.S. politics — even Sen. Elizabeth Warren doesn’t challenge them. But if the Israeli prime minister is flat-out admitting that the West Bank and Gaza will never be rid of the occupation no matter what, then that deference will eventually become untenable…

“Withdrawing aid would be a symbolic act, and a powerful one at that, likely producing a screaming emergency in Israeli politics. Without an unquestioning American backstop, Israel would be almost as isolated diplomatically as Iran.”

Saying things like that would have been almost impossible a decade ago. Let us hope that he will send the psychopath a message to this effect:

“Sir, you have literally humiliated the American people, and you have been doing so for years. We have given you three billion dollars every year, and what we get in return is complete dishonesty, disloyalty and humiliation.

“What is so disgusting and repugnant is that the United States government has tried very hard to maintain or build a balanced relationship with the Palestinians, and now you come along and make the bizarre statement that you are not interested in the two-state solution.

“What is equally weird is that you have literally used racism in saying that ‘Arab voters are coming out in droves to the polls.’ Even the Jewish Daily Forward admitted that you are ‘perfectly happy to win an election using racism.’

“What if a presidential contender in America even approaches such a language? You know what would have happened to that mush-head? He would have been buried beneath the avalanche of Jewish lava?”[11]

“Sir, how can you really say that you want peace when your words and deeds prove otherwise? How can you really say that you want to build a friendly relationship in the Middle East when in fact you want war and bloodshed?

“If you deny this, why, then, did you lambaste me during your speech in Congress for trying to reach a deal with the Iranians, who, according to the Mossad, are ‘rational people’? And how is it that some quasi-neoconservative magazines are saying that Iran has become ‘the Middle East moderate force’? [12] 

“Furthermore, why did you unashamedly say that ‘America is a thing you can move very easily, move it in the right direction. They won’t get their way’? Do you really think that we are just puppets that you can manipulate at will? If that is so, then I do not appreciate  that.

“Once again, we have to reiterate that Robert Gates was on to something when he said that Israel is an ‘ungrateful ally.’ If you think that Gates was wrong, then please prove him wrong through your actions. If not, then we will have to reassess our relationship. You will be alone during special meetings at the United Nations. Keep that thought in mind.” 

[1] Sigal Samuel, “We’re All Letting Bibi Off the Hook for Racism,” Jewish Daily Forward, March 18, 2015.

[2] John Podhoretz, “The Crisis Has Exploded,” Commentary, March 19, 2015.

[3] Joseph Klein, “Will Obama Unleash the UN on Israel?,” FrontPageMag.com, March 20, 2015.

[4] Michael Warren, “Perry ‘Alarmed’ By Obama threat to Not Back Israel at UN,” Weekly Standard, March 19, 2015.

[5] Quoted in Helene Cooper and Michael D. Shear, “Obama May Find It Impossible to Mend Frayed Ties to Netanyahu,” NY Times, March 18, 2015.

[6] Ibid.

[7] Jonathan Broder, “Obama’s Toxic Relationship With Bibib May Soon Get Worse,” Newsweek, March 19, 2015.

[8] Gregory Korte, “Frayed Obama-Netanyahu relationship ‘could get worse,’” USA Today, March 18, 2015.

[9] Daoud Kuttab, “World No Longer Bound to Defend Israel Internationally,” Huffington Post, March 18, 2015.

[10] Robert W. Merry, “Don’t Blame Bibi: Demographics Are Wrecking U.S.-Israel Ties,” National Interest, March 19, 2015.

[11] Sigal Samuel, “We’re All Letting Bibi Off the Hook for Racism,” Jewish Daily Forward, March 18, 2015.

[12] Mansour Salsabili, “How Iran Became the Middle East’s Moderate Force,” National Interest, March 20, 2015.

Jonas E. Alexis, Assistant Editor

Jonas E. Alexis has degrees in mathematics and philosophy. He studied education at the graduate level. His main interests include U.S. foreign policy, the history of the Israel/Palestine conflict, and the history of ideas. He is the author of the new book Zionism vs. the West: How Talmudic Ideology is Undermining Western Culture. He teaches mathematics in South Korea.

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