Not surprisingly, Obama doubled down on his message of moral
equivalence between Israel and the so-called Palestinians in his UN
General Assembly speech. Yes, he tossed out some politically motivated
bromides about our deep friendship with Israel, but overall, he
continued to view the two sides equally.
Obama’s overarching theme was that peace in the Middle East is “so hard” to achieve. He asserted that there will be no peace unless “each side learns to stand in each other’s shoes,” and they “sit down together, to listen to each other, and to understand each other’s hopes and fears.” As he uttered these puerile platitudes, I was attempting to conjure up an image of such a conversation. It would go something like this:
Hamas/Fatah guy: “I fear those Jews and their settlements with every fiber of my being. There will be no Jews living in our state, nor will they live in the remaining parts of Israel, once we inevitably destroy them. Oh, how I hope all those homes will be within missile range. Oh, how I regret that I have but one body to blow up for my religion.”
Israeli: “Oh, how I fear for my children, while missiles fly over their schools. Oh, how I hope there comes a day when Palestinians will love their children more than they hate us; when they will allow Jews to live peacefully and prosperously in “their” land, as they do in ours.”
Obama’s overarching theme was that peace in the Middle East is “so hard” to achieve. He asserted that there will be no peace unless “each side learns to stand in each other’s shoes,” and they “sit down together, to listen to each other, and to understand each other’s hopes and fears.” As he uttered these puerile platitudes, I was attempting to conjure up an image of such a conversation. It would go something like this:
Hamas/Fatah guy: “I fear those Jews and their settlements with every fiber of my being. There will be no Jews living in our state, nor will they live in the remaining parts of Israel, once we inevitably destroy them. Oh, how I hope all those homes will be within missile range. Oh, how I regret that I have but one body to blow up for my religion.”
Israeli: “Oh, how I fear for my children, while missiles fly over their schools. Oh, how I hope there comes a day when Palestinians will love their children more than they hate us; when they will allow Jews to live peacefully and prosperously in “their” land, as they do in ours.”
