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August 06, 2009
Obama's Spies Monitoring Jews House-to-House
Obama's spies monitoring Jews house-to-house
'They try to mingle with us to get more information on what we're doing'
by Aaron Klein
JERUSALEM
The Obama administration has set up an apparatus to closely monitor Jewish construction in Jerusalem and the strategic West Bank to the point of watching Israeli moves house-to-house in certain key neighborhoods, WND has learned.
Obama has called for a complete halt to what he refers to as settlement activity, meaning Jewish construction in eastern Jewish or the West Bank. Obama's edict extends to natural growth, or accommodating for the housing needs of existing local settler population centers. The demand is an apparent abrogation of a deal Israel struck with the Bush administration to allow natural growth.
For the past few months, Obama's Middle East envoy, George Mitchell, has protested to the highest levels of the Israeli government about evidence found of any Jewish housing expansion in those areas, informed Israeli officials said.
The officials, who spoke on condition that their names be withheld, said that last March Mitchell oversaw the establishment of an enhanced apparatus based in the U.S. consulate in Jerusalem that closely monitors the West Bank and eastern Jerusalem neighborhoods, incorporating regular tours of the areas, at times on a daily basis.
Previously, under the Bush administration, the consulate kept a general eye on Jewish Jerusalem and West Bank construction, receiving much of its information from nongovernmental organizations.
"Mitchell's apparatus takes things to a whole new level. They are watching very closely," said an Israeli official.
Jewish leaders in the West Bank said the consulate takes no pains to hide their activities.
"They come out. They tour our communities. They try to interact with our leadership," David Ha'ivri, spokesmen for the Shomron Regional Council in the West Bank, told WND.
"They drive around the towns, check up on what's going on. They try to mingle with us to get more information on what we're up to and what we're doing," he said.
Ha'ivri said the consular officials present themselves as advisers to the U.S. consul-general.
"But we know they are really spies for the Obama administration," he said.
Jerusalem officials affirm the consular staff report to Obama's envoy, Mitchell.
The U.S. the past few weeks has been publicly protesting Israeli actions in Jerusalem on the municipal level, making an international incident out of individual homes. Yesterday, for the second time the past few weeks, the Obama administration summoned Israel's ambassador to Washington to protest Israel asserting its municipal rights in eastern sections of Jerusalem which the Palestinians claim as a future capital.
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Jeffrey Feltman summoned Michael Oren, Israel's ambassador to Washington, with a message that the Obama administration views the eviction Sunday of two Palestinian families from homes in eastern Jerusalem as "provocative" and "unacceptable."
In the case, Israel last week enforced its own property law in Jerusalem by evicting Arabs from a Jewish housing complex they purportedly had been illegally occupying for almost a century.
Oren reportedly responded today by explaining that the housing complex has been Jewish-owned since before Israel's founding in 1948. Oren explained a court ordered the families' eviction since they had been living there illegally.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton this week also denounced the evictions, calling them "deeply regrettable" during a joint press conference in Washington with Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh.
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Yesterday marked the second time the past three weeks Israel's ambassador has been summoned by Washington to protest Israeli conduct in eastern Jerusalem. Last month, Oren was summoned by the State Department to demand a Jewish construction project in eastern Jerusalem be immediately halted.
The construction project, financed by Miami Beach philanthropist Irving Moskowitz, is located just yards from Israel's national police headquarters and other government ministries. It is a few blocks from the country's prestigious Hebrew University, underscoring the centrality of the Jewish real estate being condemned by the U.S.
Netanyahu strongly rejected the State Department demand, telling a cabinet meeting Israel's sovereignty over Jerusalem was not a matter up for discussion.
"Imagine what would happen if someone were to suggest Jews could not live in or purchase [property] in certain neighborhoods in London, New York, Paris or Rome," he said just after his ambassador was summoned.
"The international community would certainly raise protest. Likewise, we cannot accept such a ruling on eastern Jerusalem," Netanyahu told ministers.
Wild Thing's comment......
Obama sure wants to extend his socialist big brother mentality globally. God bless BiBi for staying strong against despicable Obama.
Our media should be reporting this, shame on them big time!!!!!
....Thank you Mark for sending this to me.
Mark
3rd Mar.Div. 1st Battalion 9th Marine Regiment
1/9 Marines aka The Walking Dead
VN 66-67
Posted by Wild Thing at August 6, 2009 06:45 AM
Comments
obama is actually an enemy of Israel. Not only does he not support them, he is working against them. obama is an active Palestinian supporter.
American Jews need to wake up and get off the liberal bandwagon. I think they were the second largest voting bloc(Blacks were the largest) for obama at about 78%. It is scary when you realize some of the biggest Marxists are American Jews like Soros and Rahm Emanuel. I wonder what American Jews would think if Israel was destroyed.
Posted by: TomR at August 6, 2009 01:54 PM
TomR, I'm an American Jew and I am so friggin active against Dear Leader and his Nazi Party that I predict they'll one day try taking me to one of their new concentration camps.
Man, they're gonna have a lil' problem.
Posted by: cuchieddie (Blowbama Hater) at August 6, 2009 05:18 PM
Tom, well said, "obama is actually an enemy of Israel", he really is!!!!
Posted by: Wild Thing at August 6, 2009 08:04 PM
I am not sure of the pressure obama can put on Israel but I'm sure it is all he can muster. Time will tell if Israel can stand it. They have Iran to deal with too. As crazy as A-jad is along with the mullahs, that's a lot of pressure in itself.
Netanyahu is strong and realizes that he has obama against him too.
Netanyahu's best bet is to embarrass the little Commie bastard in front of the whole world.
Posted by: Mark at August 6, 2009 09:22 PM
cuchieddie - you and LindaSOG, Pam G at atlas shrugs and Mark Levin are a minority within a minority. However you guys are real active and vocal.
And you have the Rabbis Mossberg and Ruger. I have Sgts. Colt and Marlin and Springfield. obama's boys are going to have a hard time dragging you and me to their camps.
Posted by: TomR at August 6, 2009 10:46 PM
