British P.M. Joins Sarkozy in Condemning Settlements. Where’s Obama?

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has now done what French Prez Sarkozy has done, and Obama and Bush are incapable of doing: demanding an end to the settlements. This is clear evidence, if any more is needed, of the role of the Israel lobby in our politics. As J Street has haplessly demonstrated, it cannot ask American Jews to condemn the settlements and expect more than one hand clapping. It counts it as a victory when most Jews say that Israel should give up “many” of the settlements. Oh yes, reform Islam. And reform Judaism too!