CNN’s Zakaria Trashes Netanyahu as ‘Mr. Nyet’ and ‘Ward Boss,’ Israel Rules Palestinians ‘In Serf-Like Conditions’
In the opinion article, "Where Netanyahu Fails Himself and Israel," in the May 25 Washington Post, CNN anchor Fareed Zakaria blasted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for rejecting President Obama’s peace proposal invoking Israel’s pre-1967 lines. Zakaria compared the Israeli prime minister to former Soviet Union Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko, known as "Mr. Nyet" for his stubbornness in dealing with the U.S.
Zakaria also charged that Netanyahu "might sound like Churchill, he acts like a local ward boss, far more interested in holding onto his post than using it to secure Israel’s future," and that Israel "continues to rule millions of Palestinians in serf-like conditions - entitled to neither a vote nor a country." Zakaria seemed to forget that, while Palestinians outside the boundaries of Israel who are not Israeli citizens do not get to vote in Israeli parliamentary elections, they did get to cast ballots for their own parliament in February 2006, with the terrorist group Hamas winning a narrow victory.
Contending that other Israeli prime ministers have bought into using the pre-1967 armistice lines as a basis for negotiation, Zakaria missed the point that such negotiations have previously been done in private - with the Clinton administration team in 2000, as recounted by CAMERA, refusing to put such a proposal on paper even while presenting it to Yasser Arafat and Ehud Barak for fear that it would be used to undercut Israel in future negotiations.
The CNN anchor also ignored the Palestinian Authority’s refusal for the past two years to even take part in negotiations unless the Israeli government caves in to a request by the Obama administration to halt construction within the borders of existing Jewish settlements, as Zakaria charged that the Israeli prime minister’s "strategy has been to put up obstacles, create confusion and wait it out."
But Jewish settlements have in the past been uprooted by the Israeli government in places like the Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula as part of agreements with Israel’s adversaries, demonstrating that, as a practical matter, the existence of settlements has not prevented Israel from making agreements to withdraw from and hand over land.
By contrast, Netanyahu has repeatedly offered to engage in talks without preconditions while the Palestinian Authority has demanded concessions from Israel first.
Notably, back in August 2010, Zakaria on the Fareed Zakaria GPS show on CNN ridiculously suggested that opponents of the Ground Zero mosque should learn a lesson about tolerance of other religions from Hezbollah as he naively read a quote from a member of the Lebanon-based terrorist group claiming that the group was accepting of Jews, just not Zionists, as the CNN anchor ignored more blatantly anti-Semitic quotes from the terror group.
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He speaks!
Submitted by jon_torlin on Fri, 05/27/2011 - 8:18am.
The Spokesperson for the Chairman's administration speaks. And no, his name is not Jim Carney, but Zakaria. Jim Carney's now a figurehead. So if you want to know what the WH thinks, go to CNN's Zakaria.
-Jon
Ummm....
Submitted by Ozconservative on Fri, 05/27/2011 - 8:21am.
I thought protecting your country against bloodthirsty savages that want to exterminate you WAS securing your future.
So not allowing the borders
Submitted by Beukeboom on Fri, 05/27/2011 - 9:26am.
So not allowing the borders to go back to pre-1967 is not in the interest to "secure Israel’s future"?!?
It's official...Zakaria is a complete moron.
deaf, dumb, and blind
Submitted by ohio granny on Fri, 05/27/2011 - 9:27am.
Of course in Israel, Muslims are not allowed to worship, get medical care, or be protected by the government. Oh wait, that is what happens to Christians and Jews in Muslim countries.
In Muslim countries, Christian churches are burned with people in them. When has anything like that EVER happened in Israel? Never, that is when.
Anti Semite is what Obama and Zakaria are. They just can't help themselves, it is now out there for the whole world to see.
When we no longer need OPEC for oil the Muslim countries will be finished. They will no longer have anything to hold over the rest of the world. They will no longer have the money to wreak havoc on the rest of the world.
Hate from the two of them
Submitted by iveseenitall on Fri, 05/27/2011 - 10:16am.
Zakaria, like so many in the media, is an ignorant, pathetic little man with a microphone. His hatred of Isreal is palpable. Like Obama, he's a great pretender. Like Obama, he's an "intellectual" without an intellect. And he's Barry's chief "advisor" on the Middle East. Need we see more to know the truth about these two anti-Semites. [ Never,Never trust a "liberal" (progressive)]
P.S. Neither Obama nor Zakaria could pass a 10th grade American history exam.
In other words, Zakaria is a
Submitted by Beukeboom on Fri, 05/27/2011 - 10:18am.
In other words, Zakaria is a dumba$$ who's delusional.
gee fareed
Submitted by scarletandgold on Fri, 05/27/2011 - 10:31am.
isnt it in isreal,s best interest to keep thier country secure from the blood thirsty nazi,s just waiting to exerminate them..why would you suggest that israel make thier borders slimmer..for what fareed??you seem to want a front row seat to the slaughter fareed..the problem with you and your bff in the white house is that we americans ...real americans that is.dont want another slaughter of millions of innocent people ..ever fareed..maybe mr.netanyahu is a wise man who knows that generations of these so called peace loving muslims have been taught to hate and kill jews since they were small innocent children ..incredible! they actually show cartoons filled with hate aimed at jews..and fareed,isnt there a new party that just surfaced in near by egypt...the nazi party...and one more thing fahreed...wasnt the muslim brotherhood cozy with the nazi party back in the 30,s...maybe you and your bff in the white house will change your views now that these revelations are coming to light and stand with the one and only peace loving democracy in the region..israel...i know i am..and when you ask why fahreed its simple...because its my right and it is right....may God bless israel and the united states of america
Thanks, Scarletandgold...
Submitted by iveseenitall on Fri, 05/27/2011 - 11:37am.
Thank you for reminding us of Muslim love and support of Hitler throughout the 30's and 40's. They hate the Jew, plain and simple. Zakaria is a Muslim who hates the Jews ( as well as the traditions and history of Western Judeo-Christian culture)--period. Anything he says or writes is tinged with his hatred. And remember, Hitler's party was the National "Socialists" Party. Isn't that ironic. Americans who have read history ( not Barry) understand what this is all about. Zakaria and Obama support the Jew-hating Muslims.
[Never,Never trust a "liberal" (progressive)]
The Egyptian born Grand Mufti
Submitted by Thunder Lizard on Fri, 05/27/2011 - 12:17pm.
The Egyptian born Grand Mufti of Jerusalem Al-Husseini (Yasser Arafat's uncle) was great pals with Adolf Eichmann and Heinrich Himmler The Mufti made multiple trips to Berlin to raise an "Arab Legion." Hitler declined but Himmler was enthusiastic and wrote to the Mufti in Novemer of 1943 that there existed "a natural bond between National Socialist Greater Germany and the freedom loving Mohammedans throughout the world."
In 1942, the Waffen SS created the "Handschar Division" which was composed of Bosnian Muslims. In April 1944, the SS founded its own "Imam training school" in Guben, Germany. In October 1944, Al-Husseini visited the Handschar Division in Sarajevo and told them that the National Socialist and the Islamic world views were largely parallel. "The Germans are the real friends of the 400 million Muslims," he added.
"And now compare this, Herr Kersten, to the religion of the Mohammedans, a religion of people's soldiers." Heinrich Himmler to Felix Kersten, his masseuse , after lashing out the Catholic Church, the Vatican and Christianity in general. "Mohammed knew that most people are terribly cowardly and stupid. That is why he promised two beautiful women to every courageous warrior who dies in battle. This is the kind of language a soldier understands. When he believes that he will be welcomed in this manner in the afterlife, he will be willing to give his life, he will be enthousiastic about going to battle and not fear death. You may call this primitive and you may laugh about it, but it is based on deeper wisdom. A religion must speak a man's language."
At the end of World War II, the Nazi war criminals did not all flee to South America as is commonly supposed. Dr. Johann von Leers, a former Nazi propagandist employed by the Egyptian government, wrote in 1953 of what he called "the moving humanitarian reception which hundreds, perhaps thousands of German refugees found after the war among the Moslems of the Middle East." Syria and Egypt were the two main supporters of this "humanitarian" effort.
There is much more, but these ties between Nazism and Muslims during the war and immediately thereafter has largely been overlooked in history because the focus has been on the larger campaigns in the European and Pacific theaters
A new trend is emerging which is disturbing. Turkey had been tolerant of Jews since the Ottoman Empire. However, In 2005, "Mein Kampf" hit the bestseller list in Turkey. Some book dealers said it had always been a "silent" bestseller. The book was being purchased primarily young people.. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4361733.stm
Now there are Egyptians forming a Nazi party in the country: http://newmediajournal.us/indx.php/item/1659
Is it springtime for Hitler and Arabs?
nutcase
Submitted by jessieH on Fri, 05/27/2011 - 11:52am.
Why not let palistinians attack Israel, for the sixth time, and lose, again. Then Israel can push them into the sea. Problem solved.
"strategy has been to put up
Submitted by kefka on Fri, 05/27/2011 - 12:00pm.
"strategy has been to put up obstacles, create confusion and wait it out."
Totally agree!! Oh wait, Zakaria wasn't talking about President Obama? Never mind.
You sir..............
Submitted by Patriot II on Fri, 05/27/2011 - 12:13pm.
Are a lying piece of pig excrement!!!
You sir..............
Submitted by russedav on Fri, 05/27/2011 - 2:21pm.
How dare you defame pig excrement by comparing him to it like that!
Zakaria = Obama sockpuppet.
Submitted by Tailgunner on Fri, 05/27/2011 - 9:18pm.
(But professional ventriloquists doesn't draw attention to themselves.)
CANDIDATE Obama: 'Yes, we CAN'.
PRESIDENT Obama: 'BECAUSE we CAN'.
Palestinian fraud
Submitted by LarryG on Sun, 05/29/2011 - 1:03am.
Have a look:
Israel legitimacy
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2011/05/the-legal-border...
No Palestinians
http://astuteblogger.blogspot.com/2011/05/why-do-some-arabs-call-themsel...
Plus:
On March 31, 1977, the Dutch newspaper Trouw published an interview with Palestine Liberation Organization executive committee member Zahir Muhsein. Here's what he said:
"The Palestinian people does not exist. The creation of a Palestinian state is only a means for continuing our struggle against the state of Israel for our Arab unity. In reality today there is no difference between Jordanians, Palestinians, Syrians and Lebanese. Only for political and tactical reasons do we speak today about the existence of a Palestinian people, since Arab national interests demand that we posit the existence of a distinct "Palestinian people" to oppose Zionism. For tactical reasons, Jordan, which is a sovereign state with defined borders, cannot raise claims to Haifa and Jaffa, while as a Palestinian, I can undoubtedly demand Haifa, Jaffa, Beer-Sheva and Jerusalem. However, the moment we reclaim our right to all of Palestine, we will not wait even a minute to unite Palestine and Jordan."
In 1974, the late Syrian President, Hafez al-Assad, declared:
"It would be fitting for us to mention to the responsible Israeli authorities that we view Palestine not just as an inseparable part of the Arab nation, but as a part of Southern Syria." In 1987, he reiterated himself at a conference in Amman, "A country named 'Palestine' has never existed." Jordanian King Hussein responded, "The appearance of the national Palestinian persona serves as a response to Israel's claim that Palestine is Jewish."
Arafat said this in 1970, with candid simplicity, told the reporter Arianna Palazzi:
"The question of borders doesn't interest us... From the Arab standpoint, we mustn't talk about borders. Palestine is nothing but a drop in an enormous ocean. Our nation is the Arabic nation that stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea and beyond it..... The P.L.O. is fighting Israel in the name of Pan-Arabism. What you call "Jordan" is nothing more than Palestine."
FACT:
"In the history of the world, Palestine has never existed as a nation. The region known as Palestine was ruled alternately by Rome, by Islamic and Christian crusaders, by the Ottoman Empire and, briefly, by the British after World War I. The British agreed to restore at least part of the land to the Jewish people as their ancestral homeland. It was never ruled by Arabs."
THERE IS AN ARAB STATE ON WHAT WAS ONCE BRITISH PALESTINE: IT IS CALLED JORDAN AND IT CAME INTO EXISTENCE AROUND THE SAME TIME ISRAEL DID.
FROM NOW ON, I SHALL CALL THE MADE UP COUNTRY NOW CALLED JORDAN "ARAB PALESTINE" BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT REALLY IS.