FOLLOWING THE UN
SECURITY COUNCIL VOTE REGARDING A RESOLUTION INVOLVING ISRAEL
AND ITS INTENTION TO BUILD MORE SETTLEMENTS IN CONFLICTED AREAS,
OF COURSE THE UN GOT A LOT OF CRITICISM FROM DONALD TRUMP AND
FROM THE RIGHT-WING GOVERNMENT IN ISRAEL.
TO BE CLEAR THERE ARE
JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES AND ISRAELIS LIVING IN ISRAEL THAT
ARE AGAINST BUILDING THE SETTLEMENTS BECAUSE IT LEADS TO
MORE CONFLICT.
JOHN KERRY DECIDED HE WAS GOING TO GIVE A
SPEECH AND ADDRESS THE CRITICISMS THAT THE UN AND THE
UNITED STATES IS FACING.
THE UNITED STATES ABSTAINED FROM
VOTING, THEY REFUSED TO VETO THE SOLUTION.
THEY JUST ABSTAINED.
KERRY IS NOW DEFENDING THEIR DECISION TO DO SO.
HE SAYS THIS
IN HIS SPEECH.
I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND SHOW YOU A PART OF HIS
SPEECH AS WELL.
I THOUGHT MAYBE THERE WOULD BE CONCESSIONS.
I
THOUGHT THAT THEY WOULD COWER AND CONCEDE TO EVERYTHING
THEY HAD CRITICIZED ABOUT.
BUT HE TOOK A VERY STRONG TONE.
TAKE A LOOK.
FRIENDS NEED TO TELL EACH OTHER THE HARD TRUTHS.
AND
FRIENDSHIPS REQUIRE MUTUAL RESPECT.
ISRAEL'S PERMANENT
REPRESENTATIVE TO THE UNITED NATIONS, WHO DOES NOT SUPPORT A
TWO STATE SOLUTION SET AFTER THE VOTE LAST WEEK, "IT WAS TO BE
EXPECTED THAT ISRAEL'S GREATEST ALLY WOULD ACT IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE VALUES THAT WE SHARE AND VETO THIS RESOLUTION."
I'M
COMPELLED TO RESPOND TODAY THAT THE UNITED STATES DID IN FACT
VOTE IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR VALUES, JUST AS PREVIOUS US
ADMINISTRATIONS HAVE DONE AT THE SECURITY COUNCIL BEFORE US.
THEY
FAIL TO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS FRIEND, THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA THAT HAS DONE MORE TO SUPPORT ISRAEL THAN ANY OTHER
COUNTRY, THIS FRIEND THAT HAS BLOCKED COUNTLESS EFFORTS TO
DELEGITIMIZE ISRAEL CANNOT BE TRUE TO OUR OWN VALUES OR EVEN
THE STATED DEMOCRATIC VALUES OF ISRAEL.
AND WE CANNOT PROPERLY DEFEND AND PROTECT ISRAEL IF WE ALLOW A
VIABLE TWO STATE SOLUTION TO BE DESTROYED BEFORE OUR OWN EYES.
HE DID NOT BACK DOWN.
I THINK HE PERFECTLY EXPLAINED THE
REASONING BEHIND ABSTAINING OR SUPPORTING THIS RESOLUTION.
REMEMBER THERE WAS UNANIMOUS SUPPORT, 14 OF THE COUNTRIES
VOTED IN FAVOR OF THE RESOLUTION WITH THE UNITED STATES
ABSTAINING.
THEIR REASONING IS GOOD.
IF YOU GENERALLY WANT A
TWO STATE SOLUTION, YOU DON'T FIND A SOLUTION FOR THAT BY
BUILDING MORE SETTLEMENTS IN THE WEST BANK AND EAST JERUSALEM.
TWO IMPORTANT OTHER THINGS JOHN KERRY SAID.
RIGHT BEFORE
THAT CLIP BEGAN, HE HAD A GREAT LINE.
AFTER THE UN VOTE
NETANYAHU QUESTIONED IT.
WE GIVE THEM THE IRON DOME WHICH
PREVENTS MISSILES FROM LANDING INSIDE ISRAEL.
WE ARE FRIENDS,
WE DON'T WANT MISSILES TO LAND, THAT IS WHY WE GAVE THEM THE
DOME.
AT
THE TIME NETANYAHU WAS LIKE THANKS, AND THEN IMMEDIATELY
WENT BACK TO CRITICIZING OBAMA AND BUILDING MORE SETTLEMENTS
AND NOT DOING ANYTHING THAT HIS PARTNER, THE UNITED STATES ASKED
FOR.
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE RESPECT YOU, IT IS ALSO
IMPORTANT YOU RESPECT US.
WE ARE NOT YOUR CLIENT STATE.
BUT AFTER
THE VOTE, ISRAEL SCOLDED AMERICA.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN SCOLDED
AMERICA?
THAT IS LIKE BACK IN THE OLD DAYS, ROMANIA SCOLDING
THE SOVIET UNION.
IT'S NOT A GREAT ANALOGY AND I DON'T WANT
TO BE THE SOVIET UNION, BUT WHO IS THE BOSS OF WHO HERE?
I DON'T
WANT TO BE THE BOSS OF ANY ALLIES.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE
GIVE THEM MONEY, THAT IS TAXPAYER MONEY.
THAT IS YOUR
MONEY.
IF IT GOES TO AN ALLY AND THEY ARE IN LINE WITH OUR
INTEREST GREAT.
FOR EXAMPLE OF TURKEY LETS US USE THEIR
AIRBASES AND I CAN SEE HOW IT GOES TO TURKEY.
IF THEY DO NOT,
OR DOES THINGS THAT WE THINK ARE DAMAGING IN IRAQ OR SYRIA, THEN
MAYBE IT DOESN'T GO TO TURKEY.
THAT IS HOW THINGS WORK.
IF SAUDI
ARABIA GOES AND KILLS ALL THOSE INNOCENT CIVILIANS IN YEMEN, WHY
DO WE CONTINUE TO GIVE THEM AID AND COMFORT?
IT MAKES NO SENSE.
CONTEXT FOR THAT WAS THAT THE ISRAELIS, THE RIGHT-WING, SAID
FRIENDS DON'T TAKE FRIENDS TO THE SECURITY COUNCIL.
THE
BEGINNING OF JOHN KERRY'S SPEECH, HE SAID SOME SEEM TO
BELIEVE THAT THE US FRIENDSHIP MEANS THE US MUST ACCEPT ANY
POLICY REGARDLESS OF OUR INTEREST, POSITIONS, HEAR OWN
WORDS, OUR OWN PRINCIPLES, EVEN AFTER URGING AGAIN AND AGAIN
THAT THE POLICY MUST CHANGE.
JOHN KERRY DESPERATELY IS TRYING
TO GET ISRAEL PEACE.
HE BECAME SECRETARY OF STATE AND HIS
NUMBER ONE PURPOSE WAS A PEACE DEAL THAT WOULD GIVE A PERMANENT
PEACE TO ISRAEL AND TO THE PALESTINIANS.
AND EVERYONE IN
THE WORLD AGREES THE EU, RUSSIA, THE CHINESE, THE UNITED NATIONS,
THAT THE TWO STATE SOLUTION IS THE RIGHT ANSWER.
AND LATER IN
THE SPEECH JOHN KERRY SAID WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO A ONE STATE
SOLUTION?
THAT ONLY LEADS INTO WAYS, EITHER YOU NO LONGER HAVE
ISRAEL BECAUSE THE PALESTINIANS WILL OUTVOTE THE ISRAELIS AND IT
WON'T BE A JEWISH STATE ANYMORE.
THAT IS NOT A SOLUTION THAT
AMERICA AS AN ALLY OF ISRAEL WANTS.
OR, YOU CAN DO PERMANENT
SUBJUGATION OF THE PALESTINIANS.
IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT?
THEN
ISRAEL WON'T BE A DEMOCRACY ANYMORE.
YEAH, JEWS GET A VOTE,
BUT NON-JEWS DON'T OTHERWISE THERE WON'T BE IN ISRAEL.
HE IS
LIKE WE DON'T WANT THAT, WE WANT A SAFE, PEACEFUL ISRAEL.
BUT THE
RIGHT-WING NEVER AGREES.
70% OF JEWS IN AMERICA VOTE DEMOCRATIC,
THEY ARE LIBERAL, NOT RIGHT-WING.
THE NETANYAHU'S OF
THE WORLD DO NOT SPEAK FOR THEM.
JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT
RUNNING ISRAEL TODAY DOESN'T MEAN THEY SPEAK FOR ALL ISRAELIS
FOR ALL OF TIME.
RABIN WAS ON THE VERGE OF DOING A PEACE DEAL,
HE GOT MURDERED BY AN ASSASSIN FOR THAT.
HE SPOKE FOR ISRAEL AS
WELL.
I LOVE THIS SPEECH BY JOHN KERRY.
IT WAS DEFINITELY A STRONG SPEECH AND WHAT HE SAID WAS
RIGHT.
SAYING THESE THINGS AND PUSHING FOR A TWO STATE SOLUTION
DOESN'T MAKE YOU AN INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS AGAINST ISRAELIS OR
SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T BELIEVE IN ISRAEL'S RIGHT TO EXIST.
THAT IS
ALL PROPAGANDA AND SMEARS THE RIGHT WINGERS LIKE NETANYAHU.
BUT UNDERSTAND THESE SETTLEMENTS LEAD TO MORE WAR AND HOSTILITY
IN THAT REGION.
IF YOU WANT A REAL SOLUTION YOU DON'T PROVOKE
PEOPLE BY BUILDING SETTLEMENTS ON THEIR LAND.
HIS TOP TWO NEGOTIATORS, I'M ONLY SAYING THIS BECAUSE IN THE
CONTEXT –
WHAT IS BEST FOR ISRAEL IS PEACE.
THEY THINK THE
WHOLE WORLD IS AGAINST US.
IN THE PAST IT'S NOT LIKE THE WORLD
HASN'T BEEN AGAINST JEWS, THEY HAVE.
I WOULDN'T CALL THAT
PARANOIA, IT WAS JUSTIFIED.
WHAT HAPPENED THROUGHOUT WORLD
HISTORY.
BUT TODAY IT'S NOT LIKE NEW ZEALAND AND SENEGAL AND
EVERY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD IS VOTING AGAINST ISRAEL JUST
BECAUSE THEY HATE JEWS.
IT'S NOT LIKE OUR JEWISH-AMERICAN
REPRESENTATIVES ARE TRYING TO GET THEM TO THE TABLE TO DO A
TWO STATE SOLUTION BECAUSE THEY ARE AGAINST ISRAEL, IT IS
BECAUSE THEY ARE ACTUALLY TRYING TO LOOK OUT FOR YOU.
YOU ARE
LIKE THAT GUY, JUST LIKE BUSH IN IRAQ – WE ARE LIKE YOUR FRIENDS
TRYING TO DRAG YOU OUT OF A BAR FIGHT YOU SHOULD NEVER BE IN.
YOU ARE GOING TO GET HURT IN THAT FIGHT AND IT MAKES NO
SENSE.
FOR GOD SAKE, THEY HAVE TO GET BACK TO THE TABLE.
THESE
GUYS ARE FRUSTRATED, JOHN KERRY, ALL OF HIS ALLIES.
THEY TRIED
REALLY HARD AND THEY CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT UNLIKE THE
PROPAGANDA YOU HEAR ON TV HERE IN AMERICA, AND THE PROPAGANDA
FROM THE RIGHT-WING, IT WAS NOT THE PALESTINIANS BLOCKING IT.
THAT WAS JOHN KERRY SAYING IT WAS THE RIGHT-WING GOVERNMENT OF
ISRAEL.
ACCORDING TO THE NEW YORK TIMES, KERRY WANTED TO DELIVER
WEDNESDAY'S SPEECH MORE THAN TWO YEARS AGO, ACCORDING TO WHAT
CURRENT AIDES TOLD THE NEW YORK TIMES.
HE WAS BLOCKED BY THE
WHITE HOUSE WHICH SAW LITTLE VALUE IN FURTHER ANGERING MR.
NETANYAHU WHO WAS OPPOSED.
NETANYAHU IS THE DICK CHENEY OF ISRAEL.
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT
YOU STARTED WITH.
THESE ARE THE DEMOCRATS YOU ARE USED TO.
DON'T BE HONEST ABOUT WHAT IS REALLY GOING ON IN THE REAL
STEPS THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN TO SOLVE THE HOSTILITY IN THAT
REGION.
I LIKED KERRY'S SPEECH, I LOVE THE HONESTY, I LOVE THAT
HE WAS STRONG, BUT AT THE SAME TIME IF THEY ARE BEING OPEN AND
CLEAR ABOUT WHAT THEIR POSITION IS AND HOW THEY BELIEVE THAT
THESE SETTLEMENTS ARE A BAD IDEA THEN WHY DID THEY ABSTAIN?
WHY
IS IT SO DIFFICULT FOR YOU TO COME OUT AND SAY I AM VOTING
ALONG WITH THE SECURITY COUNCIL.
I KNOW YOU DON'T SEE IT AS A
HALF MEASURE, I DO.
IF YOU ARE A STRONG LEADER THEN YOU WOULD
PUSH TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THAT RESOLUTION AND NOT ABSTAIN.
THIS IS THE PART WHERE PEOPLE GET UPSET.
THE ISRAELI LOBBY IN
AMERICA, THE RIGHT-WING, IS VERY STRONG.
THE REASON PEOPLE GET
UPSET OR CONCERNED IS BECAUSE IN THE PAST PROPAGANDA HAS LED TO
DISASTROUS RESULTS.
YOU DON'T WANT TO GO DOWN THAT ROUTE.
BUT
YOU CAN'T LET THAT PREVENT YOU FROM HAVING A REAL CONVERSATION
ABOUT – THE NRA IS INCREDIBLY STRONG IN AMERICA AND THEY HAVE
AN UNBELIEVABLE EFFECT.
THERE IS J ST., THEY ARE IN FAVOR OF A
TWO STATE SOLUTION FOR PEACE REPRESENTS THE OVERWHELMING
MAJORITY OF JEWISH VOTERS IN AMERICA.
NOT A STRONG LOBBY,
DON'T CARE.
A PAC, RIGHT-WING, THEY REPRESENT A BETTER LOBBY.
FOR WHATEVER REASON THAT JEWISH-AMERICAN GROUP GOES
RIGHT-WING.
NETANYAHU CLAIMS HE WANTS PEACE, BUT YOU JUST HEARD
FROM KERRY.
JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE ISRAELI DOESN'T MAKE YOU RIGHT
ABOUT EVERYTHING.
IT'S NOT LIKE RABIN WAS AN ANGEL ON EARTH, BUT
HE WANTED PEACE.
WHY DID WE LISTEN THEN?
BECAUSE THE
RIGHT-WING ISRAELI LOBBY IN AMERICA IS SUPERSTRONG.
THAT IS
WHY EVEN WHEN WE ARE FURIOUS WITH THE RIGHT-WING GOVERNMENT
OF ISRAEL WE WILL SHOW YOU BY WAITING FOR TWO YEARS TO MAKE A
SUPER OBVIOUS SPEECH AND ABSTAINING.
THAT IS ABOUT AS
STRONG AS AN AMERICAN GOVERNMENT CAN GET.
WHAT HAPPENED?
DEMOCRATS WHO WERE SUPPOSED TO BE PROGRESSIVES ARE MAD AT JOHN
KERRY, AND BARACK OBAMA.
HOW DARE YOU OPPOSE THE RIGHT-WING GOVERNMENT OF
ISRAEL, INSANE.
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