Maria Otero, Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs, Addressing the Human Rights Council March 1, 2010
Israel’s Plight Ignored -- Washington Free Beacon
Counterterrorism forum excludes Israel despite state’s record of suffering terrorist attacks
Despite pleas from Senators on Capitol Hill, the Obama administration excluded Israel from a new counterterrorism forum and neglected to mention its long and deadly struggle with terrorism during remarks presented yesterday in Spain.
Maria Otero, the State Department’s Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights, delivered a speech entitled “Victims of Terrorism” before 29 members of the Global Counterterrorism Forum, an coalition of countries—not including Israel—that collectively combat terror.
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My Comment: Does this make sense .... of course not .... but then again a majority of the American Jewish voting bloc will be throwing their support behind President Obama in this November election .... and that makes even less sense when viewed on how this administration has gone out of it's way to deliberately discount Israel in international forums like this one.
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