Candidate B H Obama's previous visit to Israel

I have previously blogged on this but it bears repeating today. When BHObama was initially a candidate for the US presidency he visited Israel. He went to Gilo, a South Western suburb of Jerusalem, although BHObama ignored the map and compass, and declared it to be East Jerusalem.

Anyhow, we both stood at the same spot, him in 2008 and me in 2010, being shown the same things by the same guide. The guide advised to look up, just as Candidate BHObama had done, and I saw the pock marks of bullets fired at civilians etched in the Jerusalem stone of residential apartments and the bullet proof shutters required by the inhabitants that overlooked a beautiful valley. The shutters had to be kept closed for protection. The valley sits between Gilo and Beit Jala, which was a village used as a firing point for snipers and mortar bombardment by non-resident Fatah terror operatives (a.k.a. "peace partners") against the civilians of Gilo. Israel had belatedly constructed a part of a security fence in the middle of the valley to try to protect the civilians.  BHObama’s immediate comment to the guide was that this was purely a "land grab" by Israel. He ignored the evidence of the terrorist bullets, he ignored the location of the fence being central, he ignored the fact that this was Jewish owned land before the British trained and commanded Arab Legion of TransJordan had captured the area in 1948 and ethnically cleansed it of Jews.

Somehow, BHObama’s default position was that this defensive measure against terrorist activity on Jewish owned land was a "land grab" by Jews.

This is his ideological mindset and he cannot be trusted with the future of the Jewish people.

Hopefully - Pope Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga of Honduras

Alan Dershowitz recently warned that a virulent anti-Semite was on the short list to become next pope.

In spite of Alan Dershowitz’s warning to the Catholic church, I would like Cardinal Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga of Honduras to be appointed the next Pope. This is not in spite of, but rather because of, his history of hateful anti-Semitic statements and actions. Anti-semites and ethno-racists who stand behind their hate can be more easily thwarted in their schemes than those who slither around professing their good intentions whilst doing harm.

Those who have to loudly proclaim that they are your friends, and that they have your back, are those least likely to be your friends or to have your back, unless it is to stab you in it. Some may even actually believe they are doing you a favour to save you from yourself, but those are the ones who do you most damage.

Whilst I hold Professor Dershowitz in high regard for his often lonely efforts against falsehood and hatred, my respectful advice to him is that he would be better placed looking over his shoulder before he has to exclaim “et tu, Barack”.