Thank you. Let me begin by thanking Dr. Solomon Frager and Aron Hirtz for helping us organize this press conference today.
I am joined today by a diverse group of Jewish leaders from here and abroad who share my concern that the United Nations could take action this week to legitimize the Palestinian gambit to establish statehood in violation of the spirit of the 1993 Oslo Accords.
We are indignant that certain Middle Eastern leaders have discarded the principle of direct negotiations between the sovereign nation of Israel and the Palestinian leadership, and we are equally indignant that the Obama Administration’s Middle East policy of appeasement has encouraged such an ominous act of bad faith.
Simply put, we would not be here today at the precipice of such a dangerous move if the Obama Policy in the Middle East wasn’t naïve, arrogant, misguided and dangerous.
It must be said, first, that Israel is our oldest and strongest democratic ally in the Middle East and has been for more than 60 years. The Obama Policy of moral equivalency which gives equal standing to the grievances of Israelis and Palestinians, including the orchestrators of terrorism, is a dangerous insult.
There is no middle ground between our allies and those who seek their destruction. America should not be ambivalent between the terrorist tactics of Hamas and the security tactics of the legitimate and free state of Israel. By proposing ‘indirect talks” through the U.S. rather than between Palestinian leaders and Israel, this administration encouraged the Palestinians to shun direct talks.
Second, it was wrong for this Administration to suggest the 1967 borders should be the starting point for Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. When you consider this suggestion was made on the eve of the Israeli Prime Minister’s visit, we see in this American Administration a willingness to isolate a close ally and to do so in a manner that is insulting and naïve.
Third, by injecting the issue of 1967 borders in addition to a construction freeze in East Jerusalem and Israeli settlements, the Obama Administration has put Israel in a position of weakness and taken away their flexibility to offer concessions as part of the negotiation process.
Indeed, bolstered by the Obama Administration’s policies and apologists at the U.N., the Palestinians are exploiting the instability in the Middle East hoping to achieve their objective without concessions or direct negotiations with Israel.
The reason is simple: if they perceive they can get what they want from the U.N. without making any concessions why should they negotiate with Israel?
While the administration is right to finally agree to fight the Arab resolution at the U.N., it bears repeating that we wouldn’t be here today if they had stuck to some basic principles concerning Palestinian statehood
- First, Palestinian leaders must publicly affirm Israel’s right to exist, and to exist as a Jewish state;
- Second, President Abbas must persuade all factions including Hamas to renounce acts of terrorism and release kidnapped Israeli Gilad Shalit, and;
- Third, Palestinian statehood must be established only through direct negotiations between the Palestinian leadership and the nation of Israel.
By not insisting on these principles, the Obama Administration has appeased the Arab Street at the expense of our own national security interests. They have sowed instability that threatens the prospects of peace.
Israel’s security is critical to America’s security. We must not forget it was Israel that took out the nuclear capabilities of Iraq in 1981 and Syria in 2007. In both instances, their actions made the free world safer.
Sounds like something conspicuously absent from the current administration: Leadership…from the front.
Obama couldn’t “lead” his own sorry self out of a paper bag.
I mean, there is something seriously wrong with Obama’s entire family. The dude is not normal. He cannot even call his DOG without a teleprompter.
It’s George Soros pulling his strings some of the time, and the Muslim Brotherhood pulling his strings the rest of the time.
Dude, I don’t know what prompts a person to take on a name like “Tea Party Jihadi”, because it is mocking one side of that paradox. Based on your post, it would appear that you are mocking the Tea Party. I take Gov. Perry at his word, and his words have been well timed and meaningful. I don’t see ANYONE with a perfect answer, but then again we are looking for a leader who can at least think clearly and inspire confidence. Gov. Perry is in that category. The RINOs that I see are Huntsman, Romney, Giuliani, and Mr. Rove in the media. Beyond that, for you to take pot shots at a gentleman such at Gov. Perry in the manner in which you have done it is to reveal a liberal. I’m sorry, I can’t see it any other way.
“Fatal” is more like it. Our kids will be fighting for their lives against a gigantic Caliphate that Mr Obama made possible by betraying America’s strategic partners. For that, he should rot in Hell.
Fatal for the Caliphate and its supporters! We are not going to surrender to anybody, anytime! We either win this war against the satanic forces of Islam or we die in the process. Ther must be no negotiation, no compromise, no surrender. The simpy-wimpys who want to rollover for the Sodomist-In-Chief will get it right where they really want it. The rest of us will either emerge victorious or go down in flames.
Peryy is 100% correct, and if I were a Chicagoan I would vote for him several times.
In any battle between Muslims with sabres and Americans with hunting rifles, the Americans will win.
Great speech! This US government has been a disaster in Middle East Policy. What Perry didn’t say is that the weakness and naivety shown by the USA in the last few years might very well hurt the Palestinians more in the end, than Israel.
Do you have anything to say about the actual, you know, subject of this article?
Keep comments on topic, please.
Bryan,
if you have removed that idiot’s comments, you should remove mine too…no one will understand what I am referring to without his posts. Thanks.
PFFFTTTT…
Quit beng bitch patrol. People say.. people respond as needed. It is called free market.
Oh yeah… you want to restrict the market… you are another neo-obama.
Moby much?
Great speech. I wish it could have said more….
Like: No matter whether this current episode ends one way or the other from this day forward I propose that the USA cut off major amounts of funding to UNRWA because at this time they are providing the salaries for thousands of active terrorists in BOTH Fatah and Hamas. That funding be cut off if the Palestinians continue to provide salaries to terrorists in israeli jails and make them heroes. That the palestinians end incitement in their schools (which the USA pays for) or funding and VISA’s be cut off.
Yes great speech. But it cant say everything….
A strong, forthright, and realistic speech by Gov. Perry. What a refreshing change from the back-stabbing of Obama.
I wonder if the Left will give in to the temptation to go full-out anti-Semitic on Israel in this election cycle? It’s part and parcel of who they are and it would line up perfectly with their belief that Palestinians are innocent victims and Israelis are vicious oppressors but would the Democrats risk alienating American Jews by saying what the Left REALLY thinks about Israel?
Excellent speech.
And he didn’t forget Iran.
This is the strong leadership we need.
You’ve got to call a spade a spade.
Social Security IS in fact a Ponzi scheme
Mohammed WAS a murderous thug/criminal and Islam IS a sham.
Muslim States have no intention OTHER than destrying Israel (then us)
So far, this guys talking true.
Can he back it up, we’ll see
The foreign policy of this administration has been beyond embarrassing beginning with their handling of the Honduras situation early on. Really, it was pathetic if not idiotic.
It’s nice to hear an adult speaking to other adults.
First, Palestinian leaders must publicly affirm Israel’s right to exist, and to exist as a Jewish state;
Second, President Abbas must persuade all factions including Hamas to renounce acts of terrorism and release kidnapped Israeli Gilad Shalit, and;
Third, Palestinian statehood must be established only through direct negotiations between the Palestinian leadership and the nation of Israel.
OBAMA has already insisted on these things, repeatedly. Perry is an idiot, pandering to the Israeli lobby. Half the money in the us campaign system has a jewish or israeli connection.
Under Obama the US is giving and is pledged to give more money to Israel than ever before. Intelligence and military cooperation is greater than ever.
The Republicans are going to portray him as anti-israel no matter what he does,so Obama should take the opportunity to vote in favour of Palestinian statehood.
OBAMA has already insisted on these things, repeatedly.
You might do us the favor of giving the exact citations of Obama’s ‘insisting’ on those things.
Then you might do the same for each instance he’s contradicted himself.
David Dreenagh
You lie.
It’s all you can do, I understand that.
But history will be harsh with this administration of internationalist subversives who are trying to destroy Israel AND America.
What ‘s the old line? Promise everything! Deliver nothing. Sure sounds like Obama all the way around!!!
You lie. Oshambo wants palestinian statehood, in order to destroy Israel and establish a political monopoly in the mideast for Islam. How else can he become the Grand Caliph? If you are literate you must be aware of his numerous attempts to bulldoze Bibi into giving the ragheads whatever they want.
So what exactly is your accusation about the campaign money received and the record amount of monies passed back to Israel?
Finally, someone who is appropriately attacking captain zero’s policies. This is how the GOP avoids the racist moniker, as well it should. From the beginning, this president has set out to destroy that which works, spend money on that which doesn’t and for pay-offs to his union pals and other supporters, all while racking up unheard of debt.
Perhaps all by design or perhaps through naivte’, doesn’t matter.
But on equal footing is his foreign affairs “policies”. His baseline thought that the U.S. must be humbly apologetic for allegedly being “imperialistic” is the foundation for a lot of bad actions on the part of this nation as regards hostility in the middle east. And, sadly, the U.S. may end up paying a huge toll on the actions and inactions of these past three years. He has given them the upper hand and when we have a republican president and houses, they’ll come for us again. All thanks to the petulant man-child president we have now.
Wow! Now this is American leadership. Instead of presenting us as a nation of girly boys, Perry is willing to call a spade a spade (no I’m not calling Obama a spade) and I’m certainly tired of appeasing the arab street. Islam as currently constituted in the middle east is our enemy and the sooner we acknowledge that the better. Regardless of any shortcomings on Perry’s part, if any, being on the right side of God and history places him at the top.
Nothing will speak louder than moving The United States Embassy to.
I look forward to the day when President Perry does just that!
I would also remind every American that it was Barak Hussein Obama that opened the nuclear Pandoras box when he said in his Cairo speech, June 4 , 2009 -Jerusalem
” No single nation should pick and choose which nations hold nuclear weapons. ”
Why he said it, what the United Sates gained by his statement, is a mystery. The abandonment of the U.S. policy of non-proliferation put every citizen at risk. No one has ever asked him why he said it. I would be interested to hear his response.
If Governor Perry receives the nomination I would be honored to help his campaign in any way I can.
Nothing will speak louder than moving The United States Embassy to JERUSALEM.
Poor Democrats. They haven’t yet gotten over the relatively amiable Connecticut/Texan, Cowboy Bush and they’re suddenly faced with the far less forgiving 100% Texan, Sheriff Perry. Makes me almost feel sorry for them.
Perry in ’02!
hello. Perry is arrogantly concerned, indignant, and to be clear he is at a precipice of moral equivalency. did he hire one of Obama’s speech writers? by lumping all Palestinians with Iranian hate mongers, and blackmailing the UN with funding, Arab “Street” meddling under Perry will continue into the millennium. with Perry promoting religious wars, our security will inevitably be challenged. this is good war mongering business. supporting Israel and recognizing Palestine are both noble, and it is beyond Perry to reconcile a moral equivalency. is pandering to the Israeli vote Jewish, or equally humane? it appears he enjoys labeling all Israelis as Jews. it is all racist religious monies he wants. blackmailing is not the solution for disagreement with UN policy. this would be a President of continuing global meddling for arms sales. the business of slaughtering humans could better be directed to machining progress for humankind, than population controls. he will likely chose a running mate with heavy contractor ties to biological warfare, and promote another pandemic for the pharmaceutical monies, because he has no moral equivalency. Obama has toyed where Perry will firmly advocate conflict and our involvement in the third world war. Perry does not make me feel more secure. on Perry’s global map, the Palestinians will have no home lands, and will be well financed splinter groups, coming to a town near you. this is divisive; not good foreign policy.
I will respond to this by using a Democrat’s famous saying.
“Speak softly and carry a big stick.”
In other words, Obama seemed to “forget” that we have the biggest stick in the world and apologized to historical enemies of both Judeo-Christian beliefs and capitalism in general.
So in response to your “divisive policies”, I say this: Put that stick on the table and let them know that unless they want to promise their souls to never fighting us for any reason, we will treat them as enemies. Japan comes to mind actually. They claimed to be superior to us and taunted us. Now they’re a reformed nation with undying loyalty to the USA. That could be any country in the world if the people truly want it. However, since Islam (theocracy) and Judaism / Christianity (democracy / republic) are at direct odds with each other I don’t ever see that happening.
We “pander” enough to the Middle East by putting up with their ridiculous oil policies. We’re not going to do the same thing politically. That would be called “treason”.
Perry has moral clarity. It seems it is you who cannot tell the good guys from the bad guys.
rollzone, the palestinians have warred against Israel since her inception. They still terrorize her daily. They have innumerable times declared their determination to wipe her off the face of the earth. They bomb, rocket, kill, kidnap constantly. And YOU want to give them most of Israel, arm them to the teeth, and laugh while they annihilate Israel?
Perchance, did you slip out of the asylum while the guards were at lunch?
oh, gosh, I can sleep better at night knowing that you are going to be in charge soon, Mr Perry.
Loud, Proud Supporter, in every way I can. I’d even put up a yard sign, even though your campaign mgr says it’s lame.
The next President of the United States is already living up to my expectations. Clearly stating the obvious is a “Texan” attribute of Rick Perry that the MSM will go crazy over, even as they are unable to affect the change that is coming.
Support our allies. Make war on our enemies. Recognize real freedom, and the Judeo-Christian, Greek, Roman and British roots from which (up until recently) it flourished. Reward makers, discourage takers.
Pretty simple.
Perry just took on Obama, Islam, the U.N. and every anti-Semite on the planet; all in one shot !!!
COOOOOOL!!!!
Clear, to the point, in America’s inerest ….and ‘spot on’.
Congratulations Governor Perry, and God Bless You and America!!!
A posting to PJM directly by Governor Perry’s campaign?
Big props to Roger, Bryan, and PJM…
Agreed. Kudos, and I appreciated being able to read the content in its entirety.
Also, BTW, appreciated the earlier post with Romney’s comments.
Keep up the good work.
The UN has become a haven for all things against Israel. I suspect it has something to do with the global religion of Lucis Trust, and having to many Homos working there.
The moon god worshiping terrorists will try to get the world’s system body to support a terror state next to Israel. Those terrorists who fire rockets into Israel, slash the necks of little Jewish girls while they sleep, and teach their children to hate.
Me, I will be watching want happens when the terrorists do not get their way. The Mosques in New York for starters where hate speech against these United States happens on Fridays. How many supporters of terrorism has come through the southern border to be supported by the Mosques? We will see.
I like it. Now Rick Perry needs to repeat this same message given the opportunity at the next debate – same tone as here.
That whoosh will be the sound of the collective Cult of Obama heads deflating…
If we don’t come together and elect Governor Perry POTUS we will find ourselves slaves to the Grand Caliphate and at the mercy of the Traitor-In-Chief.
I hope the first executive order he signs revokes every one of Oscambos’ orders.And I want the very first action taken by his Attorney General to be the prosecution of Obama and Company for sedition and treason.
Third, the Fed must go. Fourth, the troops come home. All of them; from everywhere.
Fifth, we disassemble the giant Government we should not have, don’t need and cannot afford.
Then we go to lunch and see what else we can accomplish in our first day in office.
Gov Perry did excellent!
Bravo! Rick Perry.
I’m no fan of Rick Perry but this was such a clear, concise speech. You had no doubts about where he stood. He outlined his position. This is something people can live with because even opponents see it a mile away. It’s that clear. It gives you something substantial to work with (or against).
Israel’s security is critical to America’s security. We must not forget it was Israel that took out the nuclear capabilities of Iraq in 1981 and Syria in 2007. In both instances, their actions made the free world safer.
Is fine, but why not make it well known for those who value American security that all the years that the US faced off against Russia it was Israel that could be counted on to stand alongside in the UN and elsewhere while some of the Nato allies only voted “present”?
It was Israel’s presence that provided the US with its strategic security in the region all those years, and yet today is dismissed as just water under the bridge.
What a slap in the face this current administration has given the US’ only sincere ally.
The Cold War was above all a war of aviation and missile technology. When Israel captured an intact Mig fighter aircraft and then turned it over to the U,S. the strategic balance of the war shifted massively. In fact the capture of that Mig was the single most decisive factor in winning The Cold War.
The first time, quite recently, that I laid eyes on Perry, my heart skipped a beat and my gut told me, here we have a winner. I’d like to see Allen West run with Perry. That will be the team to burn down all the Trojan Horses in America and clean out all the infiltrators we have at all levels of government. That will become America’s Spring.
Doesn’t the Obama Regime call talk like this “bullying”?
This speech is anti-dhimmitude, clearly against current foreign policy.
Contrast Perry’s comments, with Obama’s sophomoric, naive, and error-ridden speech at the United Nations today, and you see the difference between a leader and a community activist.
‘BRAVO” Rick Perry..at last a Person to take on Little Lenin and his Hateful policy towards Isreal…We are in disperate need of a REAL American to pull us out of this Mess! Berry Must Go..Give him a Job at The UN..Where he”ll feel at home with the Muslime Bros….
Thank you for posting the entire transcript, unlike the AP, – and good to see so many positive comments to Governor Perry’s timely speech, a continuation of his willingness to lead without flinching on many issues.
Good to think there is the possibility that it will soon be the President who says and understands why “Israel is our ally”