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April 11, 2009
Obama Signs PLO Office Waiver
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President Barack Obama signed a waiver Thursday that will allow the Palestinian Liberation Organization to retain its office in Washington, D.C.
A law passed in 1987 barred the operation of such an office, but legislation has permitted presidents to waive the requirement for six months at a time. President Bill Clinton allowed the PLO mission to open in 1994, and presidential waivers have been regularly issued ever since.
"I hereby determine and certify that it is important to the national security interests of the United States to waive" the restriction, Obama wrote in the determination sent Thursday to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
The waiver was released at about the same time that Obama was having a Passover Seder at the White House with friends and members of his staff.
The $83.4 billion supplemental spending bill Obama sent to Congress Thursday contains $800 million "to support the Palestinian people, strengthen the Palestinian Authority and provide humanitarian assistance for the crisis in Gaza," a statement from the Office of Management and Budget said.
Wild Thing's comment........
"The waiver was released at about the same time that Obama was having a Passover Seder at the White House with friends and members of his staff. "
Talk about spitting in someone's face.
Well if they can't find Obama in the Oval Office they know now they can go look at the PLO office with his friends.
Posted by Wild Thing at April 11, 2009 04:47 AM
Comments
Oh Lord, what is he doing? Is he really that stupid? He seems like a smart man, but he isn't showing it. The PLO is a very extremely dangerous organization with the very intent of killing Israel and wiping her from the planet. Why give shelter to the enemy and turn out the allies? It boggles the mind. American is now a much more dangerous place to live because Obamanation has no clue what he's doing.
Posted by: Lynn at April 11, 2009 06:25 AM
He did this during the Seder. That's got to breed a lot of conficence from the Jewish community. The question asked by Moses at the first Seder, 'what makes this day different from any other.' One answer can be, Israel has lost a friend through no fault of her own and now will have to face the world by herself. God forbid, that happens.
There was a documentary on about the Judaism. How the younger generation is ignoring the recent past Jewish history. One couple, who were halocaust survivors, in their 80's, had disowned their son and now grandson. For Marrying outside their faith. The problem as explained by Grandma, was they are not persuing their religion, as Jews. That the intermarrying is breaking up the Jewish community. The point was almost 40 percent of young Jewish children are turning away from their faith.
So now, two huge problems for the Jewish community, the United States is coddleing the PLO and American Jews are not following their faith.
Posted by: Mark at April 11, 2009 12:38 PM
The PLO never met such an ally as Obama, not even the Russians. Now that he is President, Obama seems much less shy to show his relationships with radicals like Khalidi and the PLO.
American Jews voted 78% for Obama. That was the next largest bloc vote to the 95% Black vote. I don't know why. The writing was on the wall. It seems like most American Jews are extremely liberal and I guess they don't care very much for Israel. It also seems like the conservative American Jews are becoming more vocal and maybe they will begin to have more influence. I sure hope so.
Posted by: TomR at April 11, 2009 01:45 PM
Lynn, I think you are right he has to
be stupid, even common sense would
dictate not to do such a thing.
Posted by: Wild Thing at April 11, 2009 11:42 PM
Mark, this says it all.....
" Israel has lost a friend through no fault of
her own and now will have to face the world
by herself. God forbid, that happens."
Posted by: Wild Thing at April 11, 2009 11:44 PM
Tom, I have noticed that too. I asked Linda
about it and she said it really upsets her
too. So many are conservartive when it comes
to Israel but very liberal for our own USA
politics. I wish they would realize a liberal
president here is dangerous for Israel.
deep sigh, it is so sad to see this happen.
Posted by: Wild Thing at April 11, 2009 11:49 PM
