Indyk’s Yom Kippur War on Israel

Martin IndykAs Yom Kippur sermons go, Martin Indyk’s was a doozy. Speaking at the Adas Israel synagogue in Washington, D.C. on the holiest day of the Jewish year, the former U.S. envoy to the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations accused Israel of showing “total disrespect” for the Obama administration.

Indyk said many things in his Yom Kippur address with which one might take issue, but one analogy in particular stands out as especially disturbing.

He said that he “discovered” in the most recent round of failed negotiations “that we would crack the whip, but no one was responding to our whip cracks. That’s a change.”

How disappointing for Indyk. Those who recall his days as U.S. ambassador to Israel no doubt feel a sense of deja vu when they hear Indyk talking about whips. Here is how he described his role in Israel to the Washington Post back on February 24, 1997:  “The image that comes to mind is a circus master. All these players in the ring. We crack the whip and get them to move around in an orderly fashion.”

Ironic, isn’t it? The ex-diplomat who accuses Israel of being “disrespectful” has repeatedly compared the Israelis to circus animals who need to have some sense whipped into them. And when the dumb brutes don’t respond, Indyk the circus master is outraged and lashes out at his victims.

The irony goes further. Indyk served a president who has made almost a hobby of being disrespectful to Israel’s prime minister. Nobody can forget the time that President Obama deliberately left Prime Minister Netanyahu waiting for an hour and a half, while he went off to have dinner with Michelle and the kids. Or the infamous photo that the White House released of President Obama with his feet on his desk as he spoke by phone with Netanyahu.

Not to mention just last week, when Mr. Obama repeatedly referred to Netanyahu as “Bibi,” while Netanyahu, by contrast, appropriately referred to Obama as “Mr. President.” In an earlier era, perhaps someone could complain that it was difficult for an American president to pronounce a name such as “Menachem.” But how hard would it have been for President Obama to pronounce the name “Benjamin” ?

If the U.S.-Israel relationship is indeed “in trouble,” as Ambassador Indyk claimed in his Adas Israel speech, the reason is not that Israelis are being “disrespectful,” which Indyk claims to be “really, really disturbed by.”

The reason is that the Obama Administration’s policymakers, starting with the president and going all the way down the line to envoys such as Indyk, automatically blame Israel for everything and the Palestinians for nothing.

They denounce Israel for construction within existing Jewish towns in Judea-Samaria, but never criticize the Palestinian Authority for building entire new Arab cities there. They denounce Israel for building homes in Jerusalem, yet they never say anything about the widespread illegal Arab construction in Jerusalem.

Nor do they ever say a word about the truly “disrespectful” actions by the PA toward the United States, such as paying salaries to imprisoned terrorists who have murdered Americans, or naming streets, parks and soccer tournaments after killers of Americans — including the killer of the niece of the late U.S. Senator Abraham Ribicoff.

Just two weeks ago, both PA cabinet minister Yusuf Ida’is and the official PA news agency “WAFA” praised the killers of the three Israeli teenagers –one of whom was an American– as “Shahids,” or “martyrs.” And just a few weeks before that, the official PA daily newspaper Al-Hayat Al-Jadida published no less than five articles in a six-day period acusing the United States of creating ISIS in order to destabilize the Middle East.  (For details, see www.palwatch.org)

It is precisely this Obama-Indyk attitude, which ignores the disrespectful actions of the PA, and accuses Israel of being “disrespectful” if it fails to respond to “whip cracks,” which threatens U.S.-Israel relations.

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  • Larry Larkin

    An Administration, like a person, has to earn respect, or at least work to keep the respect gained by those who came before.
    This Administration, and the empty suit who nominally heads it up, have done the exact opposite, in that they have actively worked to loose any respect the rest of the world might have for America.

    Doing a great job there, obozo.

  • drygoldfeld

    Whenever possible avoid having someone Jewish as a mediator between Israel and the Arabs .Dr Kissinger tried to force Israel into defeat hoping that this might pacify our enemies .Now this is the role of Mr Indyk .

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Paul-Marks/1266358046 Paul Marks

      Yes – another Herbert Samuel.

      • Michael Garfinkel

        …and the State Dept.’s Phillip Gordon.

  • Leona Rund Zions

    I’m sorry I was not present at Adas Israel when Indyk stated his opinion of Israel and Bibi. Amazing how just putting on a suit and tie gives the wearer the idea that he can insult a sovereign Nation and her titular leader with impunity. I missed the opportunity to stand up, turn my back and give him a thumbs down (I’m too much of a lady to just give him the finger) as he was mouthing this patent drivel. Israel is neither a circus animal nor a puppet to be whipped into submission or manipulated by the US. I am embarrassed as an American, that my Country is represented by this misguided, mean-minded, self-important munchkin of a man who obviously needs a course in diplomacy. The same attitude permeates the present Administration from the President, through the State Department and on down through the ranks.

    • SCREW SOCIALISM

      Leona Rund Zions AKBAR!

      • herb benty

        ” I am the Lord God Almighty, besides Me there is no other God, I know not any”. Allah must be satan, it all fits if that’s the case.

        • Joy Beum

          A loving God would never tell his people to kill those who do not believe as they believe. My God sends us out to share our faith. He wants none to perish, but all to have eternal life. Allah is just another word for satan.

          • herb benty

            You get an, “A” for that truth.

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          • UncleVladdi

            Since and if “God IS Love!” then to believe in any other version is to worship all that is NOT-love (as muslims do, when they hypothesize that their version of a god is forever unknown and unknowable, therefor pain and it’s fear, random violence etc) so they are criminals, and often, if and when they pretend non-defensive MURDER is a holy sacrament (as islam in fact does) then Yes of course it is necessary to kill such criminals, since they believe murdering all the non-members of THEIR gang guarantees them a place in their god’s heavenly bordello. The muslims will not be discouraged by any lesser punishment than death itself, pretty-much demanding that we give it to them, or else be extorted, enslaved, and murdered by them for their god. CAPISCE?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Paul-Marks/1266358046 Paul Marks

    Mr Indyk is clearly an enemy of Israel – and should be treated as such.

    As should the person (Mr Barack Obama) who appointed Mr Indyk.

    • Michael Garfinkel

      But what’s to be done about the American electorate, who elected these bums?

      • SCREW SOCIALISM

        The schools and media need to be held to higher standards.

        No socialist, affirmative action quota puppets in positions of power.

  • DontMessWithAmerica

    Indyk corroborates my old contention that the Jews never needed a German Hitler. They grow their own. What a whore!

  • PAthena

    President Barack Hussein Obama is an acolyte of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, a member of his church for twenty years, who is anti-white, anti-American, and anti-semitic. Obama is also an acolyte of Rashid Khalidi, supporter of the old P.L.O. He is anti-Israel, so it is no wonder that Martin Indyk is anti-Israel.

    • SCREW SOCIALISM

      Obama would only select those who agree with his world view – formed by his time in Indonesia and Rev. Wrights cult.

      • Joy Beum

        And the fact that he is a muslim and funds the terrorists worldwide with MY tax dollars. He hates America, hates Israel, hates the military, hates white people, hates Christians and Jews. His goal is worldwide muslim rule. We will not stand for that and I pray he will be impeached and pay for his crimes against humanity.

  • Gee

    And our stupid leaders smile, say and do nothing. We need a real leader that will tell the American President to mind his own business and declare the Indyks of the world Persona Non Grata

  • hopkins

    Obama is all about race envy and many blacks have been jealous of Jews in much the same way Arabs are. The western world must stop apologizing for its success.

  • Joy Beum

    Martin: When obama starts showing respect for Israel, perhaps he will earn the respect you think he deserves. I, as an American, do not respect obama.

  • SoCalMike

    That the State Department is infested with Jew-hating dirt is a crime.

    This filth and the filth like him need to be swept out.

    Until the filth is cleaned out, American foreign policy will continue to work against the American people because filth like Indyk fancy themselves citizens of the world and value their relations with their diplomatic counterparts far more than they do their own American sense of identity.

    The spineless Republicans haven’t even thought about picking our own moderators for presidential debates. The a$$hats will probably bring back Candy Crowley again and just let the Dems continue to pick the moderators and accept whoever the Dems accept.

    We are constantly being stuck by the double-edged blade of brainwashed Democrat insanity and Republican cowardice and stupidity.