Obama to Israel: 'Open Border with Gaza'

Signifying a major shift in Middle East policy, President Barack Obama on Thursday pressured Israel, fresh from its response to years of terrorist bombs from Gaza, to open up its border with the area.

If Israel's leaders have one single ounce of rationality left in their bodies, they will simply say, 'No, thanks, Mr. President,' to the Obama plan.

The mere suggestion that Israel consider opening borders with one of the most dangerous and deadly areas on earth is cause to wonder if the new President has taken leave of the entirety of his senses.

To their credit, Israel's response to Obama was measured. Without flatly refusing to consider the proposal, the Israeli leadership merely stated that they would never consider opening the border if the result would be the strengthening of Hamas, which is precisely what such an action would do.

As long as the Palestinians allow Hamas to continue to send rockets into Israel, and as long as residents in the area continue to spout their sentiment that Israel has no right to exist, then the Jewish state would be well within its rights to tell the American President to kiss off.

This is the kind of pie-in-the-sky, liberal knee-jerk type of foreign policy that will get the entire Middle East blown to bits in the long run.

BREAKING...OBAMA CHOOSES SIDES WITH PALESTINIANS!

At 8 AM this morning the very first foreign leader President Barack Obama called was Palestinian leader Abbas...to tell him how important it is for the U.S. to help the Palestinians:

The PA reports that Obama called Abbas today to tell him how important it is to help the Palestinians. Obama also told Abbas that he was the first foreign leader the new president has called, and so underlined how important it is to advance the cause of the Palestinians.

No wonder Israel wanted to get as much done as it could against Hamas terrorists prior to Obama's inauguration.

The full story is here.

This is an ominous signal that relations between the U.S. and Israel will grow tense under the Obama administration. And it is unconscionable that our most vocal and steadfast ally in the world would be treated in this fashion by an American President.

OBAMA TEAM TO HOLD TALKS WITH TERRORISTS

According to a major newspaper in the U.K. (h/t to Matt Drudge), the incoming Obama administration plans to open talks with the terrorist organization Hamas.

Though the talks would be considered 'low level diplomacy,' opening such talks with terrorists would be a major change in U.S. foreign policy and one that would create a firestorm of controversy among those who are convinced that talking with terrorists gives them legitimacy.

Such a strategy is a recipe for disaster, particularly in light of Obama's choice for CIA director, who has no experience in the intelligence community and who is ideologically opposed to such intelligence gathering to begin with.

We are going to be headed down a path that invites terrorism to our shores.