Senators Urge President Obama To Underscore Strong Support For Israel During UN General Assembly
UNITED STATES SENATOR ROBERT MENENDEZ
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 19, 2011
CONTACT:
Tricia Enright, Senator Menendez (202) 224-4744
Whitney Phillips, Senator Lieberman (202) 224-9965
April Mellody, Senator Casey (202) 228-6367.
Lauren Culbertson, Senator Isakson (202) 224-7777
Matt Harakal, Senator Hatch (202) 224-5251
Ian Koski, Senator Coons (202) 224-4216
Sue Walitsky, Senator Cardin (202) 224-4524
Brian Fallon, Senator Schumer (202) 224-2939
Bethany Lesser, Senator Gillibrand (202) 224-3873
Ryan Patmintra, Senator Jon Kyl (202) 224-4521
Alex Burgos, Senator Rubio (202) 224-3041
Senators Urge President Obama to Underscore Strong Support for Israel During UN General Assembly
WASHINGTON – Today, 14 U.S. Senators called on President Obama to issue a strongly worded defense of Israel during his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday. In a letter, the Senators highlighted a number of recent, troubling developments in the Middle East, including the attack on the Israeli Embassy in Cairo, anti-Israeli rhetoric from Prime Minister Erdogan of Turkey, and efforts to isolate Israel by unilaterally advancing a resolution on Palestinian statehood at the UN. The Senators ask that President Obama “utilize the opportunity offered by your address at the United Nations to reaffirm and explain America’s determination to stand by Israel at this difficult hour.”
The letter was signed by the following Senators: Menendez, Lieberman, Kyl, Casey, Collins, Gillibrand, Kirk, Blumenthal, Hatch, Cardin, Rubio, Schumer, Isakson, Coons
PDF OF THE LETTER: http://menendez.senate.gov/download/?id=6dda698c-56b1-45cc-927b-e6aeee9dbbab
FULL TEXT OF LETTER:
Dear Mr. President:
As you prepare to address the United Nations General Assembly this week, we write to express our concern about a number of troubling developments in the Middle East that pose difficult challenges for our ally Israel as well as our own regional security interests.
We are deeply disappointed that President Mahmoud Abbas appears determined to scorn your persistent efforts to persuade him to return to the negotiating table with Israel and instead seek unilateral diplomatic action in New York that will only set back the prospects for peace. We are also troubled by the anti-Israeli rhetoric that Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan has displayed in recent weeks in the wake of the Palmer Report, which is harmful to Turkey’s reputation in the United States, especially when coupled with its reluctance to take any meaningful actions in response to the brutal crackdown in Syria. Lastly, the attack on the Israeli Embassy in Cairo earlier this month by a mob was profoundly unsettling. We commend your immediate and direct engagement with Egyptian authorities to save the lives of the six trapped Embassy personnel.
We believe it is imperative for you to speak strongly, forthrightly and publicly about U.S. concerns over these developments. We need to make it clear that we will not tolerate continued threats to Israel by governments or individuals in the region or attempts to delegitimize Israel at the UN or other international forums. Violence and unilateralism against Israel will be met with the strongest U.S. opposition.
Political and physical attacks on Israel pose real dangers to the prospects for building Mideast peace and present the possibility of a region-wide deterioration into violence. Israel’s real sense of growing isolation will make it much more difficult to move the Mideast in a positive direction. We therefore urge you to utilize the opportunity offered by your address at the United Nations later this month to reaffirm and explain America’s determination to stand by Israel at this difficult hour.
The whole world will be watching and listening when you speak next week at the UN. The world needs to hear unequivocally from you that Israel – our friend, ally, and strategic partner — is not alone in facing these threats.
We look forward to your response
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Whistler Blowers, Insiders
Senators should urge Obama to step down. He is Islamic. I can see why they feel they must tell him how to act when dealing with Israel. It’s like trying to push a rope. Can’t be done! “Treat Israel right, Mr. Obama, please. They are good Khazar (Edomite) jews who love the Islamic people”
Isis-Ra-El , an unholy trnity…… peace
We’re all Palestinians.