In today's Jerusalem post, we learn of a spoof / satire piece that hits close to home because it could plausibly be true:
A spoof of an Associated Press article, headlined, “Passover Hagaddah conclusion ‘Next Year in Jerusalem’ deemed ‘unhelpful’ by Obama administration,” made theInternet rounds on Friday, and the degree to which people fell for the prank speaks volumes about Israel’s current relationship with the US.
According to the “article,” which even though purportedly written by one Shana Habbab, still looked and felt genuine, “An unidentified Israeli official has confirmed that private discussions between President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu included a strong request from the president that the upcoming Passover holiday not include the familiar refrain of ‘next year in Jerusalem,’ citing the passage as being provocative and unhelpful for future peace talks.
“The administration suggested replacing it with ‘next year in peace’ or ‘next year in Israel,’ but leaving the final wording up to both the Israelis and Palestinians.”
This e-mail was sent to thousands, and the fact that some rather astute people fell for the spoof indicates the degree of mistrust that many Israeli and US Jews harbor toward Obama. That people actually believed this story was real illustrates the depth of Israel’s problems right now with the US.
According to the “article,” which even though purportedly written by one Shana Habbab, still looked and felt genuine, “An unidentified Israeli official has confirmed that private discussions between President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu included a strong request from the president that the upcoming Passover holiday not include the familiar refrain of ‘next year in Jerusalem,’ citing the passage as being provocative and unhelpful for future peace talks.
“The administration suggested replacing it with ‘next year in peace’ or ‘next year in Israel,’ but leaving the final wording up to both the Israelis and Palestinians.”
This e-mail was sent to thousands, and the fact that some rather astute people fell for the spoof indicates the degree of mistrust that many Israeli and US Jews harbor toward Obama. That people actually believed this story was real illustrates the depth of Israel’s problems right now with the US.
It seems to me that as part of its hostility towards Israel, that the Obama Administration is trying to bring down Netanyahu, in an effort to replace it with a weaker, more left leaning and capitulationist government. This is not only morally bankrupt on the part of Obama and his advisors, it misreads not only the US public support of Israel vs. terror states; it misreads the Israeli public as well.
Of course, as we saw w/ health care; the Obama-ites just don't care what the people think. Supreme arrogance and wrong headed policy.
See more here:
And some BS / damage control from Obama advisors Axelrod and Jarrett http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=171979
And John Bolton says that Obama admin is ready to accept a nuclear Iran, which explains the pressure being put on Israel (in part, at least) http://www.jpost.com/IranianThreat/News/Article.aspx?id=171949
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