An Administration Ready to Blame Israel for Everything . . . Including Anti-Semitism

Prophecy Sign: Israel will stand alone at the time of the end

Israel is slowing being ostracised by even its staunchest of supporters. Just look at the statements that representatives of the Obama administration have recently said to anyone who will listen:

1) Israel is partly responsible for it's own increasing isolation and the stalled peace talks

2) Growing global anti-Semitism is Israel’s fault due to its relations with the Palestinians

3) The Obama administration "fears" for Israel’s democracy and the rights of women if more "right-wingers" are elected into the Knesset.

You know its one thing to have misgivings about what your ally might or might not be doing and say so privately, but to express those points to an eagerly listening hate-filled enemy base through the Muslim world is just plain stupid. It will only embolden Israel’s enemies that much more. With friends like these, who needs enemies?

The bible makes clear that at the time of the end, Israel will stand alone as all the nations will gather against her, (and that means ALL NATIONS - including the West)

(Caroline Glick of the Jerusalem Post has a very good op-ed article about these turn of events and what it means to Israel/American relations under the Obama administration: An ally no more )

I will gather all nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will enter into judgment against them concerning my inheritance, my people Israel, for they scattered my people among the nations and divided up my land. Joel 3:2 NIV

From the articles:
The ground is fast sinking beneath the feet of President Obama's Jewish defenders. While the president is trying to raise money from Jewish donors by patting himself on the back as Israel's greatest friend in the White House, the Secretary of Defense has now made it clear that he sees the Jewish state as responsible for the isolation it faces. Equally as egregious is the fact that Howard Gutman, Obama's ambassador to Belgium, told an audience this week he thinks Israel's policy toward the Palestinians is responsible for the creation of a new kind of anti-Semitism that he believes is understandable on some level.

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Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta spoke sternly on Friday to America’s closest ally in the Middle East, telling Israel that it is partly responsible for its increasing isolation and that it now must take “bold action” — diplomatic, not military — to mend ties with its Arab neighbors and settle previously intractable territorial disputes with the Palestinians. “I believe security is dependent on a strong military, but it is also dependent on strong diplomacy,” Mr. Panetta said. “And unfortunately, over the past year, we have seen Israel’s isolation from its traditional security partners in the region grow, and the pursuit of a comprehensive Middle East peace has effectively been put on hold.”

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Growing global anti-Semitism is linked to Israel’s policy towards the Palestinians, the American ambassador to Belgium told stunned Jewish conference attendants in Brussels earlier this week. Speaking Wednesday at a Jewish conference on anti-Semitism organized by the European Jewish Union (EJU,) Howard Gutman told participants he was apologizing in advance if his words are not to their liking. He then proceeded to make controversial statements about his views on Muslim anti-Semitism, Yedioth Ahronoth reported Friday. A distinction should be made between traditional anti-Semitism, which should be condemned and Muslim hatred for Jews, which stems from the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, Gutman said. He also argued that an Israeli-Palestinian peace treaty will significantly diminish Muslim anti-Semitism.
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Israeli ministers reacted angrily on Sunday after local media quoted U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as saying she feared for the future of Israel’s democracy and the rights of women in the Jewish state. Clinton’s remarks, reportedly made Saturday behind closed doors at the Saban Forum in Washington, made headlines in most Israeli newspapers, which reported them without explaining how they obtained the comments.

Top-selling Yediot Aharonot said Clinton had expressed concern about a slew of “anti-democratic” bills proposed by right-wing members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government. And the newspaper said Clinton had described shock at hearing that some buses in Jerusalem were gender segregated and some religious Israeli soldiers refused to attend events where women would sing.

An Administration Ready to Blame Israel for Everything . . . Including Anti-Semitism

http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1211/tobin120511.php3?printer_friendly

Defense Chief Says Israel Must Mend Arab Ties

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/03/world/middleeast/panetta-says-israel-must-mend-ties-with-arab-neighbors.html?_r=2&hp

'Jew-hate stems from conflict'

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4156355,00.html

Clinton criticism sparks Israeli anger

http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/12/04/180800.html