Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress has not eroded Democratic support for Israel everywhere. With the speech now in the past, there has been more regarding the controversy of how the speech was arranged instead of what was said in it. For one Democrat, it is indisputable that the Prime Minister’s speech was alarming, convincing and momentous.
Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-NY) was extremely impressed by his speech. […]
Regarding President Obama, he felt the degree of pressure and antagonism he has reserved for the Prime Minister has been uncalled for. […]
He went on to say that such overt and constant isolating of Israel for criticism was an invitation for anti-Semitism, as if Israel received particularly harsh treatment because it should receive such treatment. He compared the Obama administration’s rhetoric about the Jewish State to Jimmy Carter’s, who he thought was insurmountable in his hostility to Israel.
“I never thought that I would say that I long for Jimmy Carter. I could never imagine any president being less friendly to the people of Israel, but I have to say that President Obama is now in the lead.” …
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