Get over it – no you won’t and we won’t either: Biden flunked

“Biden’s Visit Capped Weeks Of Provocations

Vice President Joe Biden went to build momentum for peace talks but “Biden flunked,” said a columnist, overreacting to an Israeli “insult” that other diplomats knew to side step. Getty Images

by Jonathan Mark
Associate Editor

In a few days, Jews will be concluding their seders with “Next year in Jerusalem.” How provocative. In Arutz Sheva, David Wilder asks, which Jerusalem? East Jerusalem, “occupied,” “disputed,” or “conquered,” as is the media consensus, even though that’s where the Jewish Quarter is?

After Israel announced, during Vice President Joe Biden’s visit, that it was going to build an apartment complex for 1,600 Jewish families “next year in Jerusalem,” Secretary of State Hillary Clinton devoted 45 minutes to scolding Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The Daily News (March 16) editorial remembered when Clinton called Jerusalem “the eternal and indivisible capital of Israel,” but that was in 1999 and 2007 when she was running for senator and president, not 2010 in the service of President Barack Obama.

The Ma’an News Agency, a Palestinian organization, reported (March 1) that a 19-year-old Arab in Jenin said he was “shocked and terrified” when his pet rabbit gave birth to a “tiny elephant.”

“I was concerned when I saw a black baby elephant next to nine white baby rabbits,” Muhammad Alawana, told Ma’an. He said he was baffled as to how the “elephant” was produced.

Palestinians have been “shocked and terrified” quite a bit by the Israelis lately; what the Israelis think of as rabbits are seen as raging elephants. It wasn’t just where Jews were building; it was where Jews are buried. In late February, Israel placed Rachel’s Tomb and the Tomb of the Patriarchs and Matriarchs — the two oldest Jewish historical sites — on a list of national heritage sites. According to the Associated Press (Feb. 24), the move “sparked Palestinian protests” and the State Department “sharply criticized” Netanyahu’s government, calling the Israeli listing of the graves of Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Rebecca, Jacob, Leah and Rachael.

The AP added, the administration’s “displeasure ... had been conveyed to senior Israeli officials by American diplomats.””