Israel: Time for an " I Told You So."

In a January post about Barack Obama's interview with Al-Arabiya television, I noted Obama's reference to the "Saudi peace plan," which calls for a so-called "two-state solution" to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but which really is a Trojan horse for the delegitimization of Israel. As I said then, "the plan insists on 'return of the Palestinian refugees,' a poison pill that would require Israel to absorb millions of descendants of those who fled Israel during the War of Independence." I noted that no reasonable Israeli government would negotiate on the basis of the Saudi plan.

Now comes word that Obama not only literally bowed before the Saudi King Abdullah in Europe this week (which is the subject of hoots and hollers from the conservative punditry), but bowed also to the Arabist view of Israeli illegitimacy embraced by Europe and the American Left. According to the Jerusalem Post, "Obama reiterated his support for the Saudi initiative" in his meeting with the Saudi monarch. Strangely the Post article made no reference to the aspects of the Saudi plan which would spell destruction for Israel.

At the same time the Post reports that European leaders have already called new Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to pressure him into negotiating with the Palestinians for a Palestinian state without regard to the facts on the ground (those facts clearly showing the unwillingness and unreadiness of the Palestinians to govern themselves). Caroline Glick meanwhile warns of the coming offensive by the civilized nations of the world to deligitimize Israel.

More on all of this later. Now I must sign off for Shabbat. Shabbat Shalom.