US President Barack Obama (R) speaks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House. Obama held intense first talks with Netanyahu that laid bare differing approaches on Iran and the US goal of a Palestinian state. (AFP/Jim Watson)From IBDeditorial:
Middle East: After chiding Israel, President Obama gets called a liar by Hamas. An Iranian general threatens to "wipe Israel out of existence" in 11 days. Clearly, Islamist hard-liners will never accept their Jewish neighbor.
One of the most delightful moments in Oscar Hammerstein and Jerome Kern's 1936 film "Showboat" is Paul Robeson's mischievous serenade of Hattie McDaniel.
"No matter what you say," dock worker Joe sings to his hard-working sweetheart, Queenie, "I still suits me."
That's a perfect description of the attitude of much of the Islamic Middle East towards Israel. No matter what Israel or its most important ally, the United States, says, be it conciliatory or scolding, the hard-line Islamists from the West Bank to Iran always suit themselves and refuse to recognize the Jewish state's legitimacy.
Indeed, they look fondly toward the day of its eventual demise.
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My Comment: The people in the Middle East have been not been listening to the rest of the world since the beginning of time .... today's generation is just continuing what has always been the case.
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