Letter to President Obama

June 11, 2010
 
Dear President Obama:
 
Wednesday night at midnight I arrived at the Bride of My youth and my home after having been in Israel since May 31st, even being there while the "Ottoman-Resurrectionist-Buddies" of yours did their "invade-the-Gaza-Strip" Terrorist act!
 
Below, Mr. President, is an article by Itamar Marcus, whom I know and trust, and Nan Jacques Zilberdik, whom I’ve never met, but, I do trust.
 
Let me, for clarification, quote:
 
"ABBAS NOT BEING HONEST!"
 
by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik
Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas was not being honest when he said to President Obama this week that the PA was not continuing its incitement against Israel.

Responding to President Obama's demand that the PA make more progress "on incitement issues," Abbas said:

"I say in front of you, Mr. President, that we have nothing to do with incitement against Israel, and we're not doing that," Abbas said. "What we care about is to live in coexistence with Israel in order to bring about the independent Palestinian state that will live side by side with Israel..."
[AP, June 9, 2010]

In direct contradiction to Abbas's claim, Palestinian Media Watch documented in a report released this week that PA incitement to hatred and violence and non-recognition of Israel has continued unabated in the month since the start of the proximity talks.

For example, whereas Abbas said to President Obama that he supports "living side by side with Israel," just a few weeks ago official PA TV called for Israelis to leave Israel and "return" to Germany and Poland:
 
"Where are you [Israelis] from? Of course, you're from Ukraine; of course, you're from Germany, from Poland, from Russia, from Ethiopia... I ask of you, return to your original homeland!"
 
[PA TV (Fatah), May 4 and 7, 2010]

PA TV is owned by the Palestinian Authority and under direct control of the office of Abbas. 

In addition, the PA this past month has continued to honor terrorists who have killed Israeli civilians by naming sporting events after them, a practice repeatedly condemned by the Obama administration.

These are just two examples among many in the new PMW report documenting that every condition, principle and expectation set by the US for accepting the Palestinian Authority as a partner in the peace process continues to be violated by the PA
 
Now, Mr. President, it would be my opinion that "Hostilities are about to erupt" yonder in the Middle East. On one side will be the Jews of Israel—several of your Jewish advisers seem to be willing to do exactly as you do—and that is, stand on the opposite side of the fence as the JEWS DO!
 
On the other side, of course, Sir, will be your "Muslim buddies" in a coalition of "Iran-Syria-Turkey-Hizballah-Hamas." It would be this ole preacher-warrior’s opinion that these "hostilities" must be initiated by the Israelis to pre-empt all those Muslim Rockets from beginning to fall upon Israel as the ones of July-August, 2006, did!
 
In that fracas, the Jews were caught with their operations not appearing to have been "up-to-the-norm" of Israeli ops!
 
And, if my memory serves me adequately, Mr. President, the Ishmaelites you buddy up to so often, dropped over 4,000 Katyusha rockets upon Northern Israel in 34 days. Now, if my facts are right, they have over ten times that many rockets ready to "rain them upon" the hated Jews.
 
But, Mr. President, again, if my facts are right also, these are sophisticated rockets purchased for them by your Iranian buddies from the former Soviet Union.
 
From Lebanon, Mr. President, they will be able to shoot rockets all the way to Be'er Sheva and hit the front walk of the Golden Tulip Hotel where I stayed during their December 2008 – January 2009 war with Israel. From Gaza, in that 2008-2009 fracas, their accuracy wasn’t that good, although one of their Katyushas hit within 200 yards of where I was on January 12, 2009.
 
During the 2006 Second Lebanon War, Mr. President, I had just been introduced to Major General Udi Adam, Northern Division Commander at that time, when a Katyusha hit about 250 yards away. I took a picture of the smoke still hanging in the air.
 
Therefore, Mr. President, having had a bit of experience in "Operation Cast Lead and the Second Lebanon War," on the side of the Israelis, I write to you. Although have been elected as our President, against how I voted, I beseech you not to curse America any more than you already have, by standing, when this happens, on the side of "your-Muslim-background-buddies!"
　
JIM VINEYARD
YEDIDIM OF ISRAEL