Obama Concerned Over Rightwing Gov't in Israel

The Jerusalem Post is reporting that the Obama Administration is concerned about the prospects of 'a rightwing government in Israel,' given the expected outcome of elections that will place Benjamin Netanyahu in control of a majority conservative coalition.

Obama has every reason to be concerned. Now that the political rightwing is coming to power in Israel, that means that the President can't strong-arm and cajole Israel into making ridiculous concessions to those all around it who wish to see it annihilated.

This is by far the best news we've heard in a long time coming out of Israel, given that the U.S. Government is under the control of cowardly appeasers whose place in history is that of danger and war rather than peace and security.

As an important counter-balance to the new U.S. policy of supporting Israel's enemies, it is refreshing to see that Israel will be led by those who will not hesitate to take whatever steps necessary to defend the Jewish state from barbarians who live right at its doorstep.

Israeli Nuke Plant in Crossfire from Hamas

Stunned by the firepower exhibited by the terrorist organization Hamas, the Israelis stated on Thursday that its nuclear power plant in Dimona is in danger of being hit with Gaza rockets.

The Gaza terrorists have strengthened their ability to fire rockets much deeper into Israel than previously had been believed.

Israel’s worst nightmare is that soon all its cities will be within range either of the Hezbollah Katyushas arrayed on the Lebanese border to the north or the increasingly sophisticated missiles stockpiled by Hamas to the south. Both groups have links to Israel’s archenemy Iran.

The fact that Iran is behind much of the arsenal is of grave concern.

For the complete story, click here for The Times Online.

Breaking Updates on Israel-Gaza Conflict

The top news of the day is that Hamas has hijacked pro-Israel bloggers. Hackers attacked the blogs and set up messages on the sites indicating Hamas was in control. Cyber-attacks are the latest weapons in the arsenal of Islamic terrorists.

In addition, Pamela Geller live-blogged a blogger conference call of a briefing provided by the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Israeli Consulate of New York. You may read the contents of that conference call here.

For the past 2 days Hamas sympathizers in New York have staged protests of the Israeli retaliation against Gaza terrorists. Here is a report of those protests, along with photos.

Stating that Israel's response to Hamas has been 'disproportionate,' Jonathan Mark, writing in the Jewish World Review, maintains that the Jewish retaliation is but a mere drop in the bucket compared to the tsunami of attacks Hamas has unleashed against Israel over the last 7 years.

Indeed. A 'proportionate' response to Hamas would be roughly equal to the nightmarish horrors Israeli citizens have suffered at the hands of Islamic terrorists who live in Gaza. But of course, the world community would have nothing of it, and Israel would be condemned as a 'rogue nation.'

Personally, I think only a proportionate response would suffice. And needless to say that means allowing Israel to open up full throttle against the terrorist thugs of Gaza.

And finally, daily updates would not be complete without the invaluable live-blogging of Israellycool.com from the front lines.

The U.S. Would Do Well to Remain Silent

For far too long the U.S. has meddled in the internal affairs of Israel and its defensive posture against terrorists all around it. The Israelis, however, have shown time and again that they are quite capable of doing what is necessary to survive in a hostile environment.

This is in spite of world-wide anti-Semitic propaganda, often propagated by a Left-leaning Press and certainly embraced by many of the world's nations and the U.N.

Nothing is ever said about terrorist rockets fired directly into Jewish neighborhoods at the rate of 200-300 per day. Yet when Israel gets a belly full of the Jihadist vermin and defends itself, its actions are immediately met with the condemnation of the usual suspects, including the U.N.

The U.S. has often felt the pressure of the world community to appear supportive of a 'palestinian state' in the name of a perennially elusive 'peace.' Thus, American Presidents are prone to issue generalized calls for 'a ceasefire' in these skirmishes.

This time, however, the U.S. would do well to remain silent.

The rockets will continue to fall deep inside Israeli territory unless the Jewish nation is allowed to do whatever is necessary to stop the terrorists, including a full-fledged ground invasion of Gaza.

In fact, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) believes that Hamas is gearing up for a massive terrorist attack against Israel within the next few days, including the kidnapping of an Israeli soldier.

It is clear, therefore, that Israel must be given a free hand to do what it must to survive in a terribly dangerous and volatile region of the world where invariably all the nations surrounding it wish for its demise.

And the best thing for America to do is to simply shut up.