Ron Kampeas, the JTA’s Washington bureau chief, reports:
The AP’s Matt Lee, in an exchange with Patrick Ventrell, the State Department spokesman, wonders how Israel got left out of a conference on victims of terrorism in Madrid, and left out of undersecretary of state Maria Otero’s speech to the conference
Check out the article for excerpts of Otero’s speech and the State Department briefing.
What do you think?
12:17 pm
I think it’s because even israel haters can’t argue with facts.
3:13 am
God knows who is against His people, As long as God is in the side of Israel, nothing to worried about, no powerful country can protect Israel, but God alone, trust God and not man.
3:26 pm
this shows how clueless they are in Washington. They have no idea what they are doing.
7:51 am
Ms. Otero definitely ignored Jewish and Christian persecution in her “a” list of countries who hate, wound and kill these believers in the one true G-d.
12:45 am
God of Israel is still in control of the world despite the apparent triumph of evil.Wait patiently Israel,God is with you and will deliver you.God is your Warchtower.
11:26 pm
I think we need to do alot of praying here. Are the missles hitting Israel invisable ? Does no one see them ? This is a shame ! God sees what is happening and will protect Israel. Praise God !! I am praying for Obama to see the light and turn from his wrong doings and stand PROUDLY with Israel, right by her side. I will continue to pray.
11:11 pm
AMEN to all those that support Israel and opposes those that continually attack the sovereign country of Israel. God gave that land to the Jewish nation long, long ago and rightfully so.
11:06 pm
I am sure that you as a nation realize by now, that it has become politically incorrect, for the press, any spokesperson in government, or anybody else in Washington D.C., that could make a difference, to open their mouth on Israel’s behalf without first having the blessing of the Obama administration. Listen, you all are not the only one’s that Barack Obama has turned his back on, as I have stated many times in this medium, that he, and those that think they can profit from doing his bidding, will always have this kind of response. They all know, without a doubt, that Israel has suffered more from terroism than any nation in the whole universe, but will continue to refuse to acknowlege it publicly, all in the name of greed and their own self serving agenda. Everybody in this country already knows this and some will admit it and some will not, but one can only hope that all this will change in November of this year. If it don’t, then we will all be throwing ourselves on the mercy of God, because I don’t think anything short of that would help anything.
11:00 pm
Amazing that given the horrible track record of the Obama administration toward Israel, that ANY American Jews would still support him!
9:47 pm
The current US administration is no friend of Israel. Neither are the leaders of the US left. Hang on Israel. Help is on the way after November. American Jewry needs to wake up and realize what side their bread is truly buttered on, politically.
8:45 pm
We are working very hard to get the ones who are in power now and ignoring Israel out of there in November. Praying for help from Heaven to help us in this.
6:58 pm
The conference loses a wealth of information by excluding Israel. Israel has been fighting terrorism for many years. I am saddened to see the U.S. chooses not to work with Israel to prevent and to recover from terrorist attacks.
I wonder if that is due to “oil” politics. The Arab countries sell lots of oil to the U.S. We have other ways to get energy for our vehicles, so we don’t need to depend on those countries.
6:51 pm
It is no news for me that the U.S. wants to forget us, but regardless how isolated the Israelis are, they always manageed to survive.
6:36 pm
We need to show the world our leadership and stand up and support ISRAEL and the Jewish people by helping Israel evict the palastinians and peace them back were they belong with their own people .
5:42 pm
Only Washington could mess something up this badly. I fear for the U.S. under it’s current leadership.
3:35 pm
our state dept has bn arabist forever how do we change amindset of several generations
2:58 pm
God said in Gen. 12:3 “I will bless them that bless thee (Israel) and curse them that curseth thee.” Under the Obama administration America has turned its back on Israel and our entire nation will suffer for that action.
8:49 pm
A BIG AMEN this country will never learn
2:54 pm
This is very unjust and sad, But God is watching and will have the final say….God Bless Israel and God help America and others to see what Israel faces daily and rise up in support of our dear brothers and sisters there.
2:47 pm
It seems to be the norm in politics today to side with our enemies rather than our allies. Very dangerous indeed.
2:33 pm
Isn’t this kind of like going to the ice cream shop and getting chocolate syrup and no ice cream?
Unfortunately, Israel is terrorists #1 goal. Wake up DC!
6:44 pm
How do you call Israel a terrorist in there own country witch has been proven over and over even with out the Best document witch is the HOLY BIBLE. Archaeologist have shown proof as far as 4000yrs.ag
2:26 pm
Israel is v. close to a big oil strike in her Southern region. When this happens, will USA become her close friend and protector again? Absolutely…overnight! Our liberal Gov will bow down to them like Obama did to King of S. Arabia.
I wish we had strong leaders who speak the truth and their word is strong like Churchill & FDR & Reagan. Terrorists would respect and fear us.
5:01 pm
Amongst the other stuff our Government has done this does not surprise me, yes America will suffer but I doubt we will. I tried to warn everyone no one listened. I sent emails to all government staff
2:10 pm
This act of ommitting Israel is injustice in full ! There is no excuse for this. Our Lord God knows this also as he does everything. There is no protection on earth as powerfull as that of GOD ALL MIGHTY who will give Israel continued guidance and support to make wise decisions.
1:56 pm
God said I will bless those that bless you and I will curse those that curse you. The US has always backed Isreal I pray that we continue to in the future or we will sufferer for our apathy.
1:46 pm
It is embarrassing for our country to side with enemies of Israel instead of working for her good.
12:55 pm
Pray for our nation also, because it as a whole will answer to God for our goverments abuse of our brothers.
12:38 pm
Shame on Washington,Israel is the only state that faces terrorism on a daily basis.
2:14 pm
Well…no mystery here…who appointed Maria Otero ? This answer will explain why Israel was not even included in her speech ! Our current
Pres. already had told Israel that they need to return to their pre 1967 borders! hahaha If it wasn’t so absurd…it would be laughable…but
the ignorant Pres. actually was serious ! Pleeeze
give us all a break!
12:32 pm
It’s an absolute travesty that Israel was left out. It’s just another example of the anti-Israel bias of the extreme left.
12:26 pm
The fact that Israelis were omitted as victims of terrorism when missiles are launched into her cities daily speaks volumes in itself. Shame on Ms. Otero!