The Knesset member writes a Wall Street Journal piece accusing Obama of deliberately damaging U.S.-Israel ties.
Ha’aretz
Former Israeli ambassador to Washington, Michael Oren, who is currently serving in the Knesset, accused President Barak Obama on Tuesday of abandoning Israel since coming to the White House in 2008.
In an opinion piece published in the Wall Street Journal, Oren wrote that both Netanyahu and Obama made mistakes that damaged the ties between the two countries over the past six years, but charged that the U.S. president did so “deliberately.”
Oren penned the article, titled “How Obama Abandoned Israel,” as part of a campaign to promote his new memoir about his service as Israel’s ambassador to Washington, between 2009-2013.
He claimed that Obama has forsaken the two key principles in the ties between Israel and the U.S.: avoiding public discord and the commitment on the part of both sides not to surprise each other with policy changes.
In the piece, Oren notes that the only mistake that Netanyahu made on purpose was addressing the U.S. Congress two weeks before the Israeli elections. But he stresses that even this error came in response to mistakes Obama made since entering the White House. According to Oren, the announcements made with regard to settlement construction, including the incident that caused a crisis during Vice President Joe Biden’s visit to Israel in 2010, were made by midlevel officials without Netanyahu’s knowledge, and caught the prime minister off guard.
Oren writes that Obama “was never anti-Israel” and has bolstered the security cooperation between the two countries. However, he states that “immediately after his first inauguration, Mr. Obama put daylight between Israel and America.” Oren quotes statements Obama allegedly made to Jewish leaders in 2009: “When there is no daylight, Israel just sits on the sidelines and that erodes our credibility with the Arabs.”
Oren accuses Obama of ignoring the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and its implications, and the peace offers Israel put forth in 2000 and 2008, which were rejected by the Palestinians. He further claims that Obama voided the commitment that President George W. Bush made to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, that the major settlement blocs would remain a part of Israel in any future peace agreements. Instead, Obama insisted on a construction moratorium across the settlements.
Oren adds that Obama hasn’t demanded a thing from the Palestinians since coming to office. Despite the fact that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas “violated all of his commitments,” Oren writes, “he never paid a price.”
“By contrast, the White House routinely condemned Mr. Netanyahu for building,” Oren says.
The former ambassador claims that Obama had forsaken the commitment to “no surprises” by “abruptly” demanding during his first meeting with Netanyahu in May 2009 that Israel freeze settlement construction and accept the two-state solution. He furthers posits that Obama caught Netanyahu off guard with his Cairo speech in June 2009. According to Oren, unlike his predecessors, Obama did not consult Netanyahu before making the speech and did not give the Israeli prime minister a copy of the address ahead of time to allow him to make comments.
Furthermore, Oren says that Obama abandoned a 40-year-old U.S. policy in May 2011 when he endorsed the 1967 lines with land swaps as the basis for Israeli-Palestinian peace. “If Mr. Netanyahu appeared to lecture the president the following day, it was because he had been assured by the White House, through me, that no such change would happen,” he writes.
Oren’s article includes accusations that Obama “stunned” Israel when he offered to sponsor a UN Security Council investigation of the settlements, and when he supported Egyptian and Turkish efforts to expose Israel’s nuclear secrets.
Oren also says Obama surprised Israel when he entered secret talks with Iran without briefing Netanyahu.
“‘The talks resulted in an interim agreement that the great majority of Israelis considered a ‘bad deal’ with an irrational, genocidal regime. Mr. Obama, though, insisted that Iran was a rational and potentially ‘very successful regional power,'” Oren writes.
He further claims that many Israelis were shocked when, after hearing from Obama time and again that “he ‘had their backs’ and ‘was not bluffing’ about the military option,” they watched him saying in a Channel 2 interview that a military solution can’t fix the Iranian threat.
4 thoughts on “Former Israeli Ambassador to U.S. Michael Oren: Obama abandoned Israel”
It pains me to see my President so unfairly accused.
Imagine a rich and powerful clan, of whose members, say, Aunt Penny or Uncle George hired a houseboy one day. He worked out very well, diligently doing what he was told. They all seemed to like him and even nicknamed him The First Clan Houseboy. It was all fine until a strife broke out between Uncle George’s side and the other branch of the family, say, Uncle Sheldon and Uncle Bibi. A family squabble, really, nothing more.
The houseboy, naturally, kept being loyal to those who had hired him. To see the other side now accusing the houseboy of betraying the whole Clan, no less, is a falsehood and an injustice.
Eds: Please consider superimposing a star of david over all photos of Israeli sppkesmen like this one
Never heard anything so damn ridiculous!! Obama has waged far more wars for Israel, has killed far more Muslims and Arabs for Israel; has given far more American Taxpayers to Israel; has given far more Military hardware and WMDS to Israel; has had every single UN Resolution against Israel opposed; his present Government is made up of 99.99% Jews and the rest are Judeo CHRISTIAN Zionists So what nonsense to suggest Obama has abandoned Israel, an entity that he has cheaply ingratiated himself to, willingly sold his soul to, grovelling at their every whim and always proclaiming his undying Love for Israel which he will never ever abandon or stop giving support to.
Obama and his Jewish roots is why he was specially chosen, trained, mentored by the likes of Rahm Emanuel, Brzezinski and Kissinger. Obama cannot do anything unless he has had the mandatory nod from the daily Rabid Chabad Lubavitch Rabbis who advise him as does Tel Aviv.
For those of you who still think or believe there is a genuine rift between Obama and Netanyahu really need to get rid of this notion. It is all a ruse, political theatre, shenanigans to fool us all into believing that the USA is quite capable of ‘thinking for’ and making its own decisions without Tel Aviv’ tugging at the US ‘President’s Noose. Zionist America, is trying to deceive us all with their phoney desire for a 2 state solution for Palestine when everyone KNOWS about Israel’s Eretz Empire from the Nile to the Euphrates, and their phoney desire to strike a deal with Iran when again they KNOW Iran does not have or intend to have Nuclear weapons. It is all an excuse to bomb and destroy another Muslim country, especially one that is a creative and talented Nation .that, despite all its adversity, has achieved a great deal, far more than any of the STUPID shameful Arab countries who depend 500% on USRAEL and who have been kept back, who have been deliberately suppressed from progressing on their own which Iran has been able to do.
Obama is of their ilk, he shares their blood link. Period. Never expect Truth, integrity, Freedom and Rights from Zionist Judeo ‘Christian’ Obama and al his Jewish political entourage and sponsors.
Political theatre, a tragic-Comedie that I for one do not find amusing but which they want us all to be willing and conned attendees
Yes,please superimpose a “Star Of Saturn 666 “,over every Jews photo. Add their sympathizerd /worshippers too ! The old States ,of Europe, including the Vatican rules ones demanded Jews wear a badge ,to warn,and protect the citizens from them….sometimes it was a ludicrous connical host ! Of course the “Ceeeeatholics “,today deny all of this ! Only the “evil”Hitler made them do that ?
As for the “Obama,Israel rift”. It is real ! Don’t believe it is an elaborate show. This is pure Jew formula. Jews set up,a Good Jew/Bad Jew framework,to keep raising the stakes. As with Jews,it is never enough ! This paralles there vaunted Left/Right ideological matrix.
No matter what Obama “Left”, does for them,it is never enough . The Jew, “Right”, will always keep accusing him of “betrayel “-thus getting more,and more,from both dies,until their goals are achieved.
This classic formula can be observed in Christ’s trial before Pilot. He did all he could to appears the Jews,up to a point, but the Jews still accused him, of “treason “,until he ‘”washed his hands of this innocent man”.
The next very famous example is British PM Chamberlain, forever accused of “appeasing Hitler”.This was a lie than,and now. The Jews ,where at war,with Hitler, from the beginning of his career. Upon winning power in 1933, the World Jewish Congress, “Declared war,on Germany”.
However, this Jewish policy was not yet “British Policy”. The Jews found an aged,discredited ,hated has been been, with huge financial drinking,and mental problems; Churchill to make the Jews demands, for war with the Reich,reality ! Sound familer ?
Churchill,and the tribe screamed ,and ranted “sell out”,appeaser”, etc,when Chsmberlain did not go to war,with Germany in 1938 ,over Hitlers,and all, of Central Europe’s REAL,problems with an artificially drawn state called Czechoslovakia.
These Jew led media/ Churchill calumnies,caused Chamberlain giving a war promise to Poland, when Hitler /Germany had the same real problems with Poland.
Hitler wanted the British Empires HELP in resolving the horrors caused by the Versailles treaty in his backyard.. The Jews made settlement impossible.
Chamberlain OBEYED his Jew critics in 1939, and on September 3,1939 without bring threatened or attacked,DECLARED war,on Germany, and pursued that policy relentlessly until the Jews had him replaced by Churchill ! All of this,despite OBEYING, the Jews,forever descredited as “appeasing Hitler”.
This is another example of an “eternal Jew”,formula.No matter what Obama did for them,and more,they will never give him credit, and forever discredit him.
This is how they get what they want,100%.
It pains me to see my President so unfairly accused.
Imagine a rich and powerful clan, of whose members, say, Aunt Penny or Uncle George hired a houseboy one day. He worked out very well, diligently doing what he was told. They all seemed to like him and even nicknamed him The First Clan Houseboy. It was all fine until a strife broke out between Uncle George’s side and the other branch of the family, say, Uncle Sheldon and Uncle Bibi. A family squabble, really, nothing more.
The houseboy, naturally, kept being loyal to those who had hired him. To see the other side now accusing the houseboy of betraying the whole Clan, no less, is a falsehood and an injustice.
Eds: Please consider superimposing a star of david over all photos of Israeli sppkesmen like this one
Never heard anything so damn ridiculous!! Obama has waged far more wars for Israel, has killed far more Muslims and Arabs for Israel; has given far more American Taxpayers to Israel; has given far more Military hardware and WMDS to Israel; has had every single UN Resolution against Israel opposed; his present Government is made up of 99.99% Jews and the rest are Judeo CHRISTIAN Zionists So what nonsense to suggest Obama has abandoned Israel, an entity that he has cheaply ingratiated himself to, willingly sold his soul to, grovelling at their every whim and always proclaiming his undying Love for Israel which he will never ever abandon or stop giving support to.
Obama and his Jewish roots is why he was specially chosen, trained, mentored by the likes of Rahm Emanuel, Brzezinski and Kissinger. Obama cannot do anything unless he has had the mandatory nod from the daily Rabid Chabad Lubavitch Rabbis who advise him as does Tel Aviv.
For those of you who still think or believe there is a genuine rift between Obama and Netanyahu really need to get rid of this notion. It is all a ruse, political theatre, shenanigans to fool us all into believing that the USA is quite capable of ‘thinking for’ and making its own decisions without Tel Aviv’ tugging at the US ‘President’s Noose. Zionist America, is trying to deceive us all with their phoney desire for a 2 state solution for Palestine when everyone KNOWS about Israel’s Eretz Empire from the Nile to the Euphrates, and their phoney desire to strike a deal with Iran when again they KNOW Iran does not have or intend to have Nuclear weapons. It is all an excuse to bomb and destroy another Muslim country, especially one that is a creative and talented Nation .that, despite all its adversity, has achieved a great deal, far more than any of the STUPID shameful Arab countries who depend 500% on USRAEL and who have been kept back, who have been deliberately suppressed from progressing on their own which Iran has been able to do.
Obama is of their ilk, he shares their blood link. Period. Never expect Truth, integrity, Freedom and Rights from Zionist Judeo ‘Christian’ Obama and al his Jewish political entourage and sponsors.
Political theatre, a tragic-Comedie that I for one do not find amusing but which they want us all to be willing and conned attendees
Yes,please superimpose a “Star Of Saturn 666 “,over every Jews photo. Add their sympathizerd /worshippers too ! The old States ,of Europe, including the Vatican rules ones demanded Jews wear a badge ,to warn,and protect the citizens from them….sometimes it was a ludicrous connical host ! Of course the “Ceeeeatholics “,today deny all of this ! Only the “evil”Hitler made them do that ?
As for the “Obama,Israel rift”. It is real ! Don’t believe it is an elaborate show. This is pure Jew formula. Jews set up,a Good Jew/Bad Jew framework,to keep raising the stakes. As with Jews,it is never enough ! This paralles there vaunted Left/Right ideological matrix.
No matter what Obama “Left”, does for them,it is never enough . The Jew, “Right”, will always keep accusing him of “betrayel “-thus getting more,and more,from both dies,until their goals are achieved.
This classic formula can be observed in Christ’s trial before Pilot. He did all he could to appears the Jews,up to a point, but the Jews still accused him, of “treason “,until he ‘”washed his hands of this innocent man”.
The next very famous example is British PM Chamberlain, forever accused of “appeasing Hitler”.This was a lie than,and now. The Jews ,where at war,with Hitler, from the beginning of his career. Upon winning power in 1933, the World Jewish Congress, “Declared war,on Germany”.
However, this Jewish policy was not yet “British Policy”. The Jews found an aged,discredited ,hated has been been, with huge financial drinking,and mental problems; Churchill to make the Jews demands, for war with the Reich,reality ! Sound familer ?
Churchill,and the tribe screamed ,and ranted “sell out”,appeaser”, etc,when Chsmberlain did not go to war,with Germany in 1938 ,over Hitlers,and all, of Central Europe’s REAL,problems with an artificially drawn state called Czechoslovakia.
These Jew led media/ Churchill calumnies,caused Chamberlain giving a war promise to Poland, when Hitler /Germany had the same real problems with Poland.
Hitler wanted the British Empires HELP in resolving the horrors caused by the Versailles treaty in his backyard.. The Jews made settlement impossible.
Chamberlain OBEYED his Jew critics in 1939, and on September 3,1939 without bring threatened or attacked,DECLARED war,on Germany, and pursued that policy relentlessly until the Jews had him replaced by Churchill ! All of this,despite OBEYING, the Jews,forever descredited as “appeasing Hitler”.
This is another example of an “eternal Jew”,formula.No matter what Obama did for them,and more,they will never give him credit, and forever discredit him.
This is how they get what they want,100%.