NJDC Statement On U.S. Veto Before United Nations Security Council
Carly Lindauer — February 18, 2011 – 5:28 pm | Foreign Policy | Israel Comments (1) Add a comment
National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC) Chair Marc R. Stanley and President and CEO David A. Harris today jointly issued the following statement:
On behalf of the National Jewish Democratic Council, we applaud the action this afternoon of President Barack Obama and his representative, the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Susan Rice. Once again, after days of unfortunate and unproductive speculation, our President stood alongside our democratic ally Israel in the Israel-obsessed United Nations.
We know just how hard this decision was, as any outcome of a vote on this resolution is truly unfortunate - including for Israel. Permitting today’s vote against Israel to proceed, the path President Obama and his Administration wouldn’t take, was clearly, understandably and correctly not an acceptable choice for them. But today’s outcome has deeply negative fallout as well. From further isolating the United States within the Security Council to potentially further inserting anti-Israel sentiment into the awakening of democratic fervor throughout the Arab world, and in so many other ways, this vote to stand by Israel does have negative consequences.
And therein lies the heart and mind of this President and this Administration. Throughout, and well beyond recent days, the President and his team have worked night and day on behalf of the critical U.S.-Israel relationship and with Israel’s needs at heart. On all sides of this complex calculus, this Administration has clearly heavily weighed Israel’s best interests.
We, like all Americans who hold dear the special U.S.-Israel relationship, owe President Obama and his Administration our deep collective appreciation for his stalwart support for the State of Israel - today and always.
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The short-term fall-out of this absolutely necessary and wise decision to veto a very cleverly ill-devised U.N. resolution proposition, a resolution which would have permanently obliterated all chances of a true, lasting, viable Two States Peace settlement between Israel and the future Palestinian State, living as peaceful, secure and prosperous neighbours, will cause further pressure to build up in the Middle East. That said, the very credibility of The United States and the credibility of the true peace-makers would have totally vanished into thin air had this absolutely unwise resolution become mandated by permanent members of The United Nations Security Council! In some sense it would have also caused The United Nations itself to totally unravel into a Gordian Knot in a World void of a True Alexandrian hero and that itself would have been a disaster of final proportions!
The first true stages of a Real Peace are actually within months of becoming reality! Believe it or not! Why? Ha-haa! Well; sometimes it is best IF one who has the genius to foresee things, by the power of True Reason, does not go into any details. Suffice it to say that the whole situation in The World is about to change for the better! IF you are familiar with the movie “2010: A Space Odyssey”, based on the book by the late, great Arthur C. Clarke, then you will recall the scene where the curious astronaut is advised that something wonderful is about to happen and that Human Beings are not to attempt any landing on the Jovian (Jupiterian) moon Europa! Something Wonderful, ultimately peaceful and beneficial to the vast majority of people in The Middle East and World is about to happen in The Middle East and there is no need to worry to much about it. At most you should consider taking the freely available advice of those who, you should support, who have been pro-peace, pro-Two States and not those opposed to True Peace. That is the only hint I will offer on this and I leave it up to everyone to figure it out.
Remember; I provide advice to very important people from a fantastic distance! And without yet receiving the slightest appreciation! (That I know of.).