Is Obama missing a golden opportunity for peace in the Middle East?

A Palestinian man with Jerusalem in the background. (AP Photo/ Tara Todras-
Whitehill)

In Obama's speech of June 4, 2009 to the Muslim world he called for a two state solution to the Israeli and Palestinian conflict. Now, the European Union is calling for the same thing with the additional call for East Jerusalem to be the capital of the future Palestinian state. Obama should publicly and strongly show open U.S. support for the E.U. plan.

Tired of decades of dealing with Israel and its unquestioning  ally/lap-dog, the U.S., regarding peace and a Palestinian state, the Palestinians last month said they were debating whether to go to the U.N. and other international organizations in an effort to get beyond mere meaningless talk and secure their own Palestinian state. The European Union's final decision states, "If there is to be a genuine peace, a way must be found through negotiations to resolve the status of Jerusalem as the future capital of two states." This is very promising language for the long suffering Palestinians.

Israel does not want to share Jerusalem. In fact, Israel has, and is, taking steps to ethnically cleanse all of Jerusalem, including Palestinian East Jerusalem, of Palestinians. Last year alone Israel's Interior Ministry revoked the residency of 4,577 Palestinians who were living in East Jerusalem. Once the Israeli government rules a Palestinian family has no right to their home, Israel evicts the Palestinians and hands over the Palestinians' homes to Jews.

Israel's main goal is a greater Israel of Biblical proportions. To illustrate this fact, in 1995 Israel's biggest assets, the U.S. Congress and the U.S. President, passed a law recognizing all of Jerusalem, including Palestinian East Jerusalem, as the official capital of Israel. Various Israeli governments and parties will appear more aggressive or more liberal in dealing with the expansion of the Jewish state, whichever suits their purposes at the time. However, the expansion continues, the illegal settlements resume and Israel remains on its course set out in the Torah and Hebrew Bible/Old Testament - to become the center of a one world government.. This belief is based on a Jew from the House of David being the Jewish mashiach/messiah and dictator of the world. Unlike the Christian messiah who allegedly wants us to have a nice hereafter, the Jewish mashiach/messiah wants the Jews and Israel to have a better here and now. Until Israel and the Jews can let go of these ancient myths, there will never be peace in the Middle East or in the world.

If Obama was a real leader and not just another politician, he would promote the European Union's call for this logical and practical plan for peace. By promoting this E.U. plan he would not only find stiff resistance from Israel and the Israeli lobby, he would also find it from Christians who believe Jesus won't come back until the world's Jews return to Israel and until Israel's capital is all of Jerusalem. In fact, Christian leader and televangelist Pat Robertson believes that all the land of Israel at the time of King Solomon, which includes all of Palestine and parts of Jordan, Egypt, Syria and Iraq, was a literal gift from God to the Jews. And Pat's fellow Christian Zionist John Hagee even has a page listing carrots and sticks from the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament as well as from the New Testament as reasons why Christians should all blindly support "God's chosen people" and their Jewish state. The Bible quotes Hagee lists demonstrates that the Bible, the Old Testament in particular, is nothing but psychological warfare intended to create a greater Israel which will rule the world. (Deuteronomy 28:1) "the LORD they God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:" and Isaiah 60:12, "For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.", among many other places.)

The mainstream television media hasn't picked up or covered this important development of the E.U. plan for Middle East peace. This black-out treatment of such an important issue reveals another obstacle Obama would have if he were to openly support the E.U. plan: the mainstream media. As columnist Joel Stein's statement makes clear in his column about the excessive Jewish control of the media, "The Jews are so dominant, I had to scour the trades to come up with six Gentiles in high positions at entertainment companies. When I called them to talk about their incredible advancement, five of them refused to talk to me, apparently out of fear of insulting Jews. The sixth, AMC President Charlie Collier, turned out to be Jewish."

As Israel pushes the U.S. to war with Iran the same way they did regarding Iraq, we can't expect the media to be a source of true information any more than they were in the build up to war with Iraq. And we can't depend on Obama who is nothing but a two-bit politician who knows his political career depends on positive media coverage. In fact, regarding Iran, Obama has already shown he's just another politician by agreeing to keep Israel's nuclear weapons, Weapons of Mass Destruction, secret! Can you imagine if his speech to the Muslim world was true and honest and he really did care about peace and progress? If Obama was on the level, these two opportunities to lead by example (the E.U. Middle East peace plan and Israel's nuclear weapons) and to put his money where his mouth is, would be immediately seized upon! He would endorse the E.U. plan and would require a nuclear free Middle East, not just a nuclear free Muslim world.