Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Obama Versus Netanyahu, Part Deux




There are 4 Topics in this digest:

1. Obama Versus Netanyahu, Part Deux   

2. Obamazational Threat to US Democracy * Polite Friendship of Saudi King   

3. Tzipi Livni - Misinformed, Ill-advised and a Danger to Israel   

4. What Else Does V15/ One Voice Do?   
   
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1. Obama Versus Netanyahu, Part Deux
By Ari Lieberman, February 2, 2015

 http://www.frontpagemag.com/2015/ari-lieberman/obama-versus-netanyahu-part-deux/ http://www.frontpagemag.com/2015/ari-lieberman/obama-versus-netanyahu-part-deux/

Well, here we go again. It’s no secret that Obama harbors an extreme animus toward Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. He no longer makes any pretense about his dislike for the leader of America’s closest and only democratic ally in the region. It’s out in the open for the entire world, enemies and friends alike, to see.
 

The instant kerfuffle centers on House Speaker John Boehner’s invitation to Netanyahu to address a special joint session of congress. The White House’s reaction was predictably hostile. White House spokesman Josh Earnest said that the invitation and Netanyahu’s acceptance of it breached established protocol. This was followed by announcements from the White House and the State Department that neither Obama nor Kerry would meet with Netanyahu during his visit. The visit’s proximity to the Israeli elections provided the necessary pretext for the snub.

Let’s make a few things crystal clear. Article 1 of the United States Constitution empowers the United States Congress to extend such an invitation without the need to consult with the White House. The White House may gripe about the unilateral nature of Speaker Boehner’s actions but let us not forget that just one day prior,
in his State of the Union address, Obama stated unequivocally that he would veto any congressional effort to impose sanctions on Iran. There was no effort by the POTUS to act in the spirit of bilateralism or address legitimate congressional concerns over Iran’s nuclear program.
 

Congress has reason to worry. Israel’s Channel 10 reported that the United States has already caved in to 80 percent http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Israeli-claims-Obama-conceded-to-80-percent-of-Iranian-nuke-demands-complete-nonsense-US-says-389536 of Iran’s demands allowing the mullahs to retain some 7,000 centrifuges which would enable them to enrich sufficient quantities of uranium to produce several nuclear bombs within a few months.
US officials were, of course, dismissive of the report calling it “nonsense” but the Obama administration has developed a knack for lying. Who among us can forget Obama’s now infamous and blatant deception, “If you like your healthcare plan you can keep your healthcare plan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpa-5JdCnmo”?
But whereas the damage wreaked by Obamacare can be reversed through legislation, the same cannot be said for a nuclear-armed Iran and it appears that Obama’s approach to thwarting that frightening prospect can best be described as lackadaisical.
 

Indeed, the Islamic Republic has already been caught violating provisions http://www.thetower.org/1217-iaea-report-found-iran-in-violation-of-last-years-joint-plan-of-action/ of the interim agreement, feeding UF6 gas into the more advanced IR-5 centrifuges. This serious transgression was allowed to pass without consequence. The negotiations have already dragged on http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/24/us-iran-nuclear-talks-idUSKCN0J80QA20141124 far longer than promised with unwarranted White House extensions and it appears that
the White House is prepared to offer the mullahs yet more extensions all while the Iranians continue their nuclear experiments in Parchin and move full speed ahead on ballistic missile development.
 

In a sign of yet more trouble, an Israeli spy satellite displayed imagery http://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-tv-shows-iranian-missile-that-can-reach-far-beyond-europe/ of a new Iranian Inter-continental ballistic missile capable of reaching Europe and beyond.
Moreover, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps is maintaining an aggressive posture throughout the region fomenting instability in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Bahrain and Afghanistan. Yemen has become the Islamic Republic’s most recent victim with an Iranian inspired coup by Shiite Houthi rebels. And the Islamic Republic has now been forced to publicly acknowledge that a ranking general and ballistic missile expert  liquidated http://www.frontpagemag.com/2015/ari-lieberman/israel-hits-pay-dirt-with-strike-on-iran-hezbollah/ in an Israeli targeted strike, was operating right on Israel’s border on the Golan Heights.

With Iran engaged in so much regional and international mischief, congressional leaders of both parties have expressed concern that the administration is adopting a position reminiscent of Neville Chamberlain’s dealings with Hitler, circa 1938.
Notably, ranking Democratic Senator Bob Menendez dryly stated that the Obama administration’s positions on Iran sound “like talking points that come straight out of Tehran http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jan/21/bob-menendez-obamas-points-on-iran-come-straight-o/;”biting words from an Obama ally.

In light of Obama’s unilateral approach on Iran, the president shouldn’t gripe about unilateral congressional action and this is especially true when one considers the ramifications of a failed Obama policy and the prospect of the world’s premier state sponsor of terrorism – designated as such by the State Department http://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2013/224826.htm in possession of nuclear weapons and sophisticated methods of delivery.

Obama somewhat obscenely notes that Boehner and Netanyahu somehow breached diplomatic protocol by extending an invite without first consulting the White House. I would suggest that on the breach of protocol scale, if such a scale existed, calling an allied leader a “chicken-sh*t http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/ari-lieberman/obama-vs-netanyahu-whos-the-real-coward/” and “aspergy” among other pejoratives, is a far greater offense. The president should know by now that people in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.

Moreover, Obama’s lame excuse for not meeting Netanyahu doesn’t hold water. Obama noted that he did not wish to meet with Netanyahu so close to Israel’s elections for fear of influencing the result. As an aside, Israelis, who are generally accustomed to strong, statesman-like leaders, don’t think much of Mr. Red Line
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/oct/7/panetta-decries-obama-red-line-blunder-syria/ so a meeting would have at best, no effect and might actually work against Netanyahu’s electoral interests.
 

Moreover, as the Times of Israel noted, in 1996 Bill Clinton hosted
http://www.timesofisrael.com/actually-a-us-president-did-host-an-israeli-pm-just-before-elections/ PM Shimon Peres less than a month before Israeli elections in a transparent effort to shore up Peres’s lagging election campaign putting the lie to Obama’s claim that he was merely following established political precedent.
 

The more salient point however, is that under Obama’s logic, two-bit, unelected autocrats like Mahmoud Abbas, unhampered by the democratic process, could be granted an audience with the president at any time while democratically elected leaders are restricted because of the inherent freedoms enjoyed by their citizens; an obscene outcome resulting from convoluted reasoning.
 

Political pundits and politicians have referred to Obama’s antics and excuses as “petulant http://vimeo.com/117660154” and “childish http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jan/28/rand-paul-blasts-petulant-obama-netanyahu-snub/” but this is actually an under-statement. Obama’s refusal to meet with Netanyahu and vocal opposition to the prime minister’s pending address is counterproductive and dangerous.
At a time when allies need to display unity, Obama advertises growing fissures, fostering uneasiness among regional allies and emboldening the mullahs, whose assertiveness continues to surge. Underscoring that point, the New York Times, citing anonymous administration sources (cowards always hide behind anonymity) featured a story http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/29/us/politics/white-house-expresses-displeasure-over-speech-planned-by-netanyahu.html that took potshots at Netanyahu and Ron Dermer, Israel’s ambassador to the United States, suggesting that the administration appears to be doubling down on its aggressive anti-Netanyahu posture.
 It is hard to fathom why Obama maintains such a visceral dislike for Netanyahu. Putting aside the fact that Israel is the only democratic nation in the region and is a critical US ally, Netanyahu has bent over backward to placate an overbearing Obama. Since 2009, Netanyahu, at Obama’s request, initiated an unprecedented 10-month settlement freeze, apologized to Turkey’s fascist leader Erdogan over the flotilla incident, released terrorists with blood-stained hands to Abbas and agreed to a unilateral cease-fire with Hamas that ended up costing the lives
http://therightscoop.com/whoah-dont-ever-second-guess-me-again-netanyahu-to-obama-on-gaza-ceasefire/ of three Israeli soldiers. Still, despite Netanyahu’s efforts to mend fences, Obama’s hatred appears to grow in scope and intensity with each passing day.

It is time for Israeli leaders to recognize that nothing they will do or say will alter Obama’s negative views of the Jewish State. Moreover, the president will continue to appease the mullahs by granting further sanctions relief and more extensions providing them with the delay time necessary to perfect their nefarious plan.

 From his actions on Cuba to his immigration policies, Obama has demonstrated a penchant for acting unilaterally and contempt for congress. John Boehner’s invitation to Netanyahu sends a strong signal to the White House that on a national security issue of such critical importance, the president will not be permitted to trample on the Constitution and act unilaterally.

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2.
Obamazational Threat to US Democracy!
by Steven Shamrak, Mon. Feb. 2, 2015
It is not a secret that the US administration is playing a two-faced game in relation with Israel, the best and most reliable ally, and with the ‘friends‘ from Arab states, which is always heavily skewed to the oil-rich kingdoms. But during the Obama rule this game has reached an all time low!
When a senior US official called Netanyahu “chickenshit”, that shows the ugly side of the ‘master’, the President of the United States, and his team toward the Jewish state.
 
The White House said that President Barack Obama would decline to meet with Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, when he visits Washington at the start of March to address a joint session of Congress, adding to long-standing tensions between the two leaders.

When Israel was under attack from Hamas, Obama instructed his Secretary of State to travel to the Middle East to pressure Israel to a Gaza ceasefire. Obama’s Muslim allies in the region viewed it as a reward to Hamas for starting a war this summer.
 
When Israel asked for a strong response to the Iranian nuclear program, Obama opted for a long and fruitless negotiation with the enemy.
There is also a question of his relatives who are members and active supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood. Is this the reason why president Obama was so eager to support the demise of Egyptian president Mubarak, the best Muslim-friend of the United States? The Muslim Brotherhood tried to follow the example of Turkey, a NATO member, to establish a Muslim dictatorship in Egypt. Why did he oppose removal of the Muslim Brotherhood by the Egyptian army?
 
During the recent visit to India, US President Barack Obama nudged India to uphold  religious freedom. A few hours later he forgot to lecture new King Salman of Saudi Arabia about importance of religious freedom and human rights! I am sure that the rights of women to drive without male supervision were also not mentioned.
 
There are even more dangerous potential problems with president Obama, including constitutional ones, for the United States.
Recently, I began wondering why and when Barry Soetoro changed his name to Barrack Hussein Obama
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Many other questions and allegations, with I heard through the years, have surfaced in the process. If just some of them are true, they can shake up the fundamental beliefs of ordinary Americans in how US law makers guard the US constitution. It will expose the depth of political corruption of both sides of the politics by Arab/Muslim interests and might even bring Constitutional crises. They are:
1.    Why did Obama spend hundreds of thousand of dollars hiding his birth certificate during and after election campaigns?
2.    Why are his education records not available, including his registration as a foreign student?
3.    Who did finance his education?
4.    Is he a Muslim
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/01/29/obamas-half-brother-reportedly-photographed-wearing-hamas-scarf-that-proclaims-jerusalem-is-ours-we-are-coming/?
Was he raised as a Muslim? Did he use a Koran during a Presidential swearing ceremony? Does he wear a ring with
an Arabic inscription “There is no god except Allah”? If he is, why does he hide it?
5.   
Who gave money to Barack and Michelle Obama to purchase their dream home at 5046 S. Greenwood ave. in Hyde Park area, Chicago, and why?
6.   
How did he climb so fast through the ranks of Democratic party? Why was he chosen for a fast-tracked career in Congress, including unusual appointment of a freshman into prestigious committees?
7.   
Why did he receive a ‘wishful-thinking’ Nobel prize?
8.    And, we must not forget about the Benghazi failure and its cover up!
There are other questions! Why did Congress and the Supreme Court, or any American Constitutional watch-dog organizations have no interest in investigating these potentially explosive allegations? Please, start asking questions or, at least check out available information
!
 
Obama failed to attend the French unity demonstrations following the attack on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo; his did not attend the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz - this speaks volume about him as a person and attitude of his presidency for democracy!

During the last State of Union address Obama said - “I have no more campaigns to run”. Is this why he so eagerly went to the Wahhabi kingdom to pay his respect to the late king Abdullah and secure his financial future?

 
Watch: Obama is the Best anti-Israel President!
http://www.israelvideonetwork.com/the-video-obama-didnt-want-to-get-out/
'Obama Army' Assault on Netanyahu http://www.wnd.com/2015/01/obama-army-deploys-to-tel-aviv-to-topple-netanyahu/?cat_orig=world
A consulting firm almost entirely composed of former staffers of President Obama’s re-election campaign has been hired to run an election effort in Israel aimed at defeating Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. A week ago the White House criticized House Speaker John Boehner for inviting Netanyahu, accusing him of “breaking protocol” and rejected an opportunity to meet with Netanyahu in March when he is in Washington to address a joint meeting of Congress. (Interference with the Israeli election is in full compliance with the US ‘protocol’! The United States presidents and European countries are habitually meddling in and manipulate internal politics of Israel. They are careful not to be so obvious with Muslim and Arab countries!)
 
The V15 group working to defeat Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government in the upcoming election has confirmed that it is primarily financed by S. Daniel Abraham who is a major donor to the Democratic Party and the Clinton Foundation!

Food for Thought by Steven Shamrak
Burial traditions of Arabs are similar to Jewish ones. When king Abdullah of Saudi Arabia died, he was almost immediately put in the ground in a shroud. The funeral of Israeli Prime minister Yitzhak Rabin was delayed for several days to accommodate arrival of foreign dignitaries and he was put in a pine box in order not to offend them. This is another example how Israel needs to learn self-respect even from its enemies! 

Declaration of ‘War and Peaceful’ http://www.debka.com/article/24371/Nasrallah-to-Israel-Accept-“the-mix-of-Lebanese-and-Iranian-blood-on-Syrian-soil-in-Quneitra”-or-face-war
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, on Friday, Jan 30, declared terms for peace (or war). The war would go on, he said, unless Israel relinquishes its resolve to eliminate his organization’s and an Iranian presence on Syrian soil in Quneitra. “The resistance no longer cares about rules of engagement.”
 
Was Spanish Peacekeeper Killed by Hezbollah? http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4621325,00.html
The UNIFIL peacekeepers heard the initial whistling of the first artillery shell and moments later see a shell slam into the ground. One of the shell's fragments likely flew towards the guard tower in which the 36-year-old Toledo sat, killing the Spanish soldier. One of the peacekeepers in a video clip said, "It cannot be that this was from Israel." His friend responds, moments before the shell hit: "It sounds like fire from an area under Hezbollah control." (Terrorists provide opportunity for international ‘Israel-lovers’, who eagerly blame Israel for anything and everything!)

 
Hit and ‘Calm’ Tactic
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/190636#.VMmpu_zlqos
After killing 2 IDF soldiers, Hezbollah calls for calm. Hezbollah sent a message on Wednesday night that it was not seeking to increase tensions with Israel. (Since its independence Israel has been subjected to this devious tactic by the PLO, Hamas and neighboring Muslim states!)

 
Obama’s Love Affair with Iran
http://www.thecommentator.com/article/5565/behind_obama_s_love_affair_with_iran
Diplomatic sources have told World Tribune that the US pressed Argentina to end, or at least fudge the investigation of Iran’s involvement in the bombing of the Jewish building. On July 18, 1994, the bloodiest terror attack in Argentina took place with the bombing of the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association (AMIA) building in Buenos Aires, in which 85 people died and hundreds were injured.

 
'Polite' Friendship of Saudi King
http://www.truthrevolt.org/news/nbcs-engel-saudi-king-abdullah-could-not-stand-obama
NBC News foreign correspondent Richard Engel dropped a rhetorical bomb on the Obama State Department when he revealed that the late Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al Saud was no friend to President Barack Obama. "One of the big ironies here is that President Obama, in his statement, said how close he was to King Abdullah...  King Abdullah did not like President Obama. In fact, a lot of people I know that are quite close to the late King Abdullah said that the king could not stand President Obama...” (Aren’t the most world leaders just “polite” to Obama? This news did not attract interest of ‘Israel-lovers’ in the media as spite between Obama and Netanyahu.)

Labor Party is anti-Zionist
Labor Defense Minister candidate Amos Yadlin supports a withdrawal from Judea and Samaria, he proposed that the State pay incentive money to Jewish families living in the region to encourage them to leave. "I have no problem with the state offering financial grants to settlers in the West Bank who wish to return to Israel," Yadlin said. (But he has a problem to encourage enemies to leave Jewish land the same way and ignores the mistake of abandoning Gaza, which only brought more terror from Hamas!)
 
No Freedom of Speech at BBC Arabic News http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4619537,00.html
BBC Arabic chief Tarik Kafala said the Islamists who committed the massacre two weeks at the Charlie Hebdo office in Paris should not be called terrorists. He told the Independent that the "terrorist" moniker was too "loaded"
to describe the attack that killed 12 people.

 
Quote of the Week
:
“It’s inconceivable that the thinking that we hold most sacred should cause the entire umma (multinational community of Muslim believers) to be a source of anxiety, danger, killing and destruction for the rest of the world… Is it possible that 1.6 billion (Muslims) should want to kill the rest of the world’s inhabitants - that is 7 billion - so that they themselves may live? Impossible!” - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi delivered a highly unusual and surprising speech to Islamic clerics at Cairo's Al-Azhar University, a week before attack in Paris - Why was President Obama against him?
 
Is it the Fault of Israel? Think about it! - Part1
Incomplete list of Terrorist Attacks Committed by Muslims
:
· The Shoe Bomber
· The Beltway Snipers
· The Fort Hood Shooter           
· The underwear Bomber
· The USS Cole Bombers
· The Madrid Train Bombers
· The Bali Nightclub Bombers
· The London Subway Bombers
· The Moscow Theatre Attackers
· The Boston Marathon Bombers
· The Pan-Am flight #93 Bombers
· The Air France Entebbe Hijackers
· The Iranian Embassy Takeover
· The Beirut US Embassy Bombers
· The Libyan US Embassy Attack
· The Buenos Aires Suicide Bombers
· The Israeli Olympic Team Attackers
· The Kenyan US Embassy Bombers
· The Saudi, Khobar Towers Bombers
· The Beirut Marine Barracks Bombers
· The Beslan Russian School Attackers
· The first World Trade Center Bombers
· The Bombay & Mumbai India Attackers
· The Achille Lauro Cruise Ship Hijackers
· The Sep 11th 2001 Airline Hijackers

AND WE ARE HAVING IT RAMMED DOWN OUR THROATS THAT THIS IS A 'RELIGION OF PEACE' - or ‘Religion of Rest in Peace’ for all “Infidels”!
 
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Tzipi Livni - Misinformed, Ill-advised and a Danger to the state of Israel, January 30, 2015  |  Eli E. Hertz

http://www.mythsandfacts.org/article_view.asp?articleID=296 http://www.mythsandfacts.org/article_view.asp?articleID=296

Much controversy is being generated as to Minister Tzipi Livni's ability to lead Israel. She advocates honesty and accountability, but when it came to drafting Resolution 1701 those principles may have left the room. The Government of Israel found itself making the wrong decisions based on faulty information supplied to it by Tzipi Livni.   
 
Is it ignorance or blatant falsehood? You decide …
 
1. Livni: “Security Council Resolution 1701 is an Israeli achievement”
 Fact: Adopting Resolution 1701 under Chapter VII was a clear goal of Israel that did not materialize!
Under international law, Resolution 1701 which was adopted under Chapter VI is at best a declarative statement that lacks the legal authority or enforcement power whatsoever. All the rest is wishful thinking and the results on the ground will attest to it.
Hesham Youssef, chief of the cabinet of the Arab League Secretary-General speaking to Al-Ahram Weekly simply stated: “The resolution is issued under Chapter VI rather than Chapter VII of the UN Charter … [This] is a diplomatic achievement” of the Arab League. In other words, the Arab League welcomes the weakness of the resolution which lacks enforcement power to “ensure implementation” of Resolution 1701.
 
Unable to have the resolution adopted under Chapter VII, Livni invents a new Chapter when she claims: We got “VII minus” a statement which is injudicious and fundamentally wrong. There is no room in international law for a loose interpretation of the Charter and “VII minus” is not a recognized provision in international law.
 
Livni and Olmert's claim that the cease-fire that brought the fighting to a halt, is somehow indicative of a success, either militarily or diplomatically, is erroneous.

The Government of Israel failed to protect its citizens - unable to stop the daily barrage of Katyushas landing in northern and central Israel, with nearly a million Israelis displaced; Israel's urgent need for a cease-fire was obvious. If the war would have kept going at its pace, Israel would have suffered the greatest military humiliation in its history. As the Wall Street Journal noted: “Israel has nothing to show for its 1701 Resolution”
 
2. Livni: “A decision was reached by the Prime Minister and the Minister of Defense to approve the start of a military operation and just as it was starting to go into action late Friday [August 11, 2006] we began to strengthen the resolution and return it to the level at which we felt it should originally be.”
 
Fact: John Bolton, who was U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations during the Second Lebanon War, rejected Livni and Olmert's version of the failed ground offensive during the war's final days: "The Israeli military operation did not play a role in the talks on drafting the UN Security Council Resolution 1701."
 
It appears that Prime Minster Olmert, Foreign Minister Livni, and Defense Minister Peretz - all in concert - failed to this day “to come clean” and with clarity, explain to the nation's families and soldiers what precisely was the "improvement" attained as a direct result of the IDF expansion into Lebanon on August 11, 2006 - a move that cost the lives of 33 Israeli soldiers!
 
3. Livni: “We wanted to ensure that this embargo would be enforceable and substantive, preventing the transfer of arms … to Hezbollah. … Now the embargo is part of the UN resolution and the terms and formulation of this article are acceptable to Israel and express our opinion - a proper embargo.”

Fact: Resolution 1701 never even mentions the word “embargo” and does not set-forth an enforcement mechanism or any enforcement power. It seems as though the Minister did not read the resolution.
 
4. Livni: Israel “Will be getting UNIFIL with a completely different mandate, which includes the right, the option and the authority to use force when required.”
 
Fact: UNIFIL - a Paper Tiger - is not authorized to use armed force or to impose in any forceful manner the implementation of the recommendations of UN Resolution 1701.
UNIFIL's right to use force is strictly limited to self-defense under Article 51 of the UN Charter. Major-General Alain Pelligrini [France] then the Force Commander of UNIFIL made it clear: “The disarmament of Hezbollah is not the business of UNIFIL.”
Hesham Youssef, chief of the cabinet of the Arab League Secretary-General speaking to Al-Ahram Weekly simply stated: “The resolution is issued under Chapter VI rather than Chapter VII of the UN Charter … [This] is a diplomatic achievement” of the Arab League. In other words, the Arab League welcomes the weakness of the resolution which lacks enforcement power to “ensure implementation” of Resolution 1701.
Unable to have the resolution adopted under Chapter VII, Livni invents a new Chapter when she claims: We got “VII minus” a statement which is injudicious and fundamentally wrong. There is no room in international law for a loose interpretation of the Charter and “VII minus” is not a recognized provision in international law.
 
Livni and Olmert's claim that the cease-fire that brought the fighting to a halt, is somehow indicative of a success, either militarily or diplomatically, is erroneous. The Government of Israel failed to protect its citizens - unable to stop the daily barrage of Katyushas landing in northern and central Israel, with nearly a million Israelis displaced; Israel's urgent need for a cease-fire was obvious. If the war would have kept going at its pace, Israel would have suffered the greatest military humiliation in its history. As the Wall Street Journal noted: “Israel has nothing to show for its 1701 Resolution”
 
2. Livni: “A decision was reached by the Prime Minister and the Minister of Defense to approve the start of a military operation and just as it was starting to go into action late Friday [August 11, 2006] we began to strengthen the resolution and return it to the level at which we felt it should originally be.”
 
Fact: John Bolton, who was U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations during the Second Lebanon War, rejected Livni and Olmert's version of the failed ground offensive during the war's final days: "The Israeli military operation did not play a role in the talks on drafting the UN Security Council Resolution 1701."
 
It appears that Prime Minster Olmert, Foreign Minister Livni, and Defense Minister Peretz - all in concert - failed to this day “to come clean” and with clarity, explain to the nation's families and soldiers what precisely was the "improvement" attained as a direct result of the IDF expansion into Lebanon on August 11, 2006 - a move that cost the lives of 33 Israeli soldiers!
 
3. Livni: “We wanted to ensure that this embargo would be enforceable and substantive, preventing the transfer of arms … to Hezbollah. … Now the embargo is part of the UN resolution and the terms and formulation of this article are acceptable to Israel and express our opinion - a proper embargo.”
 
Fact: Resolution 1701 never even mentions the word “embargo” and does not set-forth an enforcement mechanism or any enforcement power. It seems as though the Minister did not read the resolution.
 
4. Livni: Israel “Will be getting UNIFIL with a completely different mandate, which includes the right, the option and the authority to use force when required.”
 
Fact: UNIFIL - a Paper Tiger - is not authorized to use armed force or to impose in any forceful manner the implementation of the recommendations of UN Resolution 1701.
 
UNIFIL's right to use force is strictly limited to self-defense under Article 51 of the UN Charter. Major-General Alain Pelligrini [France] then the Force Commander of UNIFIL made it clear: “The disarmament of Hezbollah is not the business of UNIFIL.”
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Unless otherwise stated, Livni's statements are taken verbatim from her briefing to reporters following Israel's acceptance of UN Security Council Resolution 1701, 13 Aug 2006.
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4. 
Op-Ed: What Else Does V15/ One Voice Do?
By Ron Torossian, Published: Tuesday, February 03, 2015
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/16406 http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/16406

      With Israeli elections set for March 17, 2015, current polls show a dead heat between PM Netanyahu’s Likud Party, and the center/left party the “Zionist Camp,”  with the latest polls showing a slight lead for Likud.
     Headlines – rightfully – are blaring about the foreign intervention of funders including The State Department, a slew of extreme left-wing foundations, including the Ford Foundation, and celebrities including Joel Fields, the creator of the hit-TV Show The Americans, all working on the campaign which is supposedly focused on electing anyone - “just not Bibi.”
     Headquartered in New York on West 38th Street, the V15/One Voice campaign saw the Likud Party accuse the non-profit of using “..Millions of dollars funneled from Europe, the U.S. and the New Israel Fund and international factors..” Similarly, on Friday Senator Ted Cruz roared that Obama is funding 
http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2015/01/30/ted-cruz-has-president-obama-launched-a-political-campaign-against-prime-minister-netanyahu/the anti-Netanyahu campaign and said “..Americans who support Israel deserve to know whether their President is actively working to remove him from office. And, even more troubling, whether U.S. tax dollars are being used to fund the campaign.”
     And while it is clear that the State Department has funded One Voice ((PeaceWorks Network Foundation (PWNF) is V 15 is One Voice) – and Obama has no love for Bibi, what is even more troubling is the history of this organization. A review of tax filings finds that One Voice paid $96,000 in 2011 to Howard Sumka
http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2011/300/102/2011-300102398-08d37769-9.pdf. 
     Media reports show that Sumka was instrumental in providing “$1 million in American funding to a Hamas-run university in the Gaza Strip…” http://israelmatzav.blogspot.com/2007/12/your-tax-dollars-at-work-usaid-funding.html when he served as West Bank and Gaza Mission Director for US Aid.  
 It seems to be a short road from funding Hamas institutions to working to defeat Netanyahu.

Similarly, by reviewing the organization’s 990 tax filings, there are annual donations to The American Task Force on Palestine
http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2012/300/102/2012-300102398-09c6cba3-9.pdf

Very few Israelis would choose shared ideology with the American Task Force On Palestine, whose mission includes, ingenuously,  “An end to the Israeli occupation and the evacuation of all Israeli settlements”, and “A just solution for the Palestinian refugee problem, in accordance with international legality and the relevant UN resolutions.”
An executive board member of One Voice is Samer Hamadeh, who told Bloomberg in 2008
http://www.bloomberg.com/bw/stories/2008-08-06/making-social-entrepreneurship-matterbusinessweek-business-news-stock-market-and-financial-advice that "I grew up in Fresno, Calif., I went to Stanford, my parents left Palestine when they were kids and never looked back. I didn't realize that I was Palestinian until my teens and not really what that meant until after 9/11.…”

 Do prospective voters in Israel of “The Zionist Camp” identify with ideological backing from Hamadeh? One thinks that his radical ideology is most likely not quite in line with the mainstream voters that Issac Herzog and Tzipi Livni are chasing.
 

Alongside these pro-Palestinian interests are other radical left-wingers, including :
The Ford Foundation ($1,018,150 since 2004); Nathan Cummings Foundation ($375,000 since 2003); Skoll Foundation ($150,000 since 2011); Walter and Elise Haas Fund ($145,000 since 2007); Rockefeller Brothers Fund Inc. ($100,000 since 2012); and William & Flora Hewlett Foundation ($25,000 since 2004). 
These extremists have long funded dangerous anti-Israel organizations including The New Israel Fund.

One Voice International’s “Entertainment Council” includes Brad Pitt, Ed Norton, Jason Alexander & Danny Devito http://www.onevoicemovement.org/boards, yet the real head honcho is Joel Fields, whose hit-TV show The Americans premiered Season Two this week.  He is listed on tax returns as a member of the Board of Directors.
 

OneVoice claims to be “an international grassroots movement that amplifies the voice of mainstream Israelis and Palestinians, empowering them to propel their elected representatives toward the two-state solution.”

 OneVoice plans to have hundreds of people going door-to-door throughout Israel to try and defeat Netanyahu,
http://onevoice%20is%20expected%20to%20merge%20with%20v1/ but the funds for that effort were funneled through One Voice’s NYC West 38thStreet by a hodge-podge of left-wing extremists, The State Department, and Palestinian-Americans.
 
As CEO of one of America’s largest public relations agencies, I am not surprised that Obama’s consultants are working for the liberals in Israel and interfering in a sovereign country's elections. That is how it works and Israelis should realize that.

Netanyahu is one damn tough Jew – and he’s facing an army of opponents whose interests are much different than those concerned with the prosperity and security of the Jewish State. 
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Ronn Torossian is CEO of one of America’s largest PR firms and author of “For Immediate Release”, a best-selling book on Public Relations.














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