Schumer: settlements are meaningless, only a strong Israel lobby will bring peace

I get my news from the ZOA. Boy I’m behind. Schumer says that settlements are no obstacle to peace and the way to bring peace is to inform the Arab world that Israel and the U.S. can never be sundered. Iron wall. Another way of saying what the State Department said in ’48: the state could only be established by force and preserved by force. Maybe it’s time to try democracy? Dont quote me. ZOA

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has praised Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) for his recent speech taking the Obama Administration to task for fixating on Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria as constituting an obstacle to peace when the truth is that Jews living and building homes there poses no obstacle to a genuine peace were Palestinians in favor of one. Speaking at an Agudath Yisrael breakfast in New York, Senator Schumer said, “The reason we don’t have peace in the Middle East is because a large percentage, I would say the majority … of Palestinians and Arabs do not believe there should be a Jewish state anywhere in the Middle East. Period.”

Senator Schumer also said that U.S. President Barack Obama’s decision to criticize Israel over construction for Jews in Judea and Samaria was “counterproductive,” that the current Administration’s position on Jewish communities in the territories is “to the left of the PA … Anyone who thinks the settlements are the cause of the problem, all they have to do is look at Gaza .. [Israel withdrew completely] and what was the response? Missiles on Sderot! … By giving the Palestinian and the Arab world hope that they can break the tie between the U.S. and Israel, you don’t further the cause of peace, you set back the cause of peace … If they think the tie is immutable, they will say, well maybe we should throw in the towel and have some kind of peace with Israel. It’s that simple … what’s unequivocally wrong in my opinion is saying that settlements are the reason there’s not peace and there’s not talks”

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