Obama Re-Elected as Mideast Watches
November 7, 2012 14:15 by Pesach BensonArab Spring Winter
David Cameron
• Irking human rights groups, Prime Minister David Cameron suggested safe passage and immunity from prosecution for Bashar Assad. From The Independent:
Asked by Al Arabiya television what he would say if the Syrian President asked for asylum, Mr Cameron replied: “Done. Anything, anything to get that man out of the country and to have a safe transition in Syria.” He added: ”Of course, I would favour him facing the full force of international law and justice for what he’s done. I am certainly not offering him an exit plan to Britain but if wants to leave, he could leave, that could be arranged.“
Tonight Downing Street said Mr Cameron has not discussed the idea with other United Nations Security Council members.
• A Syrian air force general who defected says only one-third of the fighter pilots are actually flying missions against rebel positions “because President Bashar Assad’s regime cannot count on the loyalty of the rest.” Details at AP.
• What took so long? Syria shut down Hamas’ Damascus office.
Rest O’ the Roundup
• Don’t look for a print edition of Maariv or updates to its web site today. Workers at Israel’s second-largest daily are on strike. More at the Times of Israel.
• Bnai Menashe immigration from India to resume. According to the Jerusalem Post, “The first group of 275 individuals is expected to arrive to Israel next month.” About 7,000 Bnai Menashe are still in India waiting to make aliyah.
• Last but not least, Jeff Sonderman rounds up Big Media’s 5 really cool things you might have missed on election night. (Diane Sawyer drunk on air wasn’t one of ‘em.)
(Image of Herland via WikimediaCommons/Paul Bernhard, Cameron via Flickr/DFID-UK)
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dorit
5:08 pm
Nov 07, 2012
A very sad day for us here in the US, and just as troubling for Eretz Yisrael. This man is no friend of Israel, nor of a God-fearing democracy. His agenda is to ‘transform’ the US into a product of his socialist ideals, into: the ‘United Socialist states of America’ ! Now it is solely in Hashem’s hands – His plans & purposes will unfold. This election is heralding in the bringing down of the US ‘to its knees’, as well as the official beginning of the ‘end of days’ as predicted in the Bible. We must pray & prepare ourselves & our families…
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emes
6:00 pm
Nov 07, 2012
There is an old saying “never wish for a new Tzar!” but, maybe if there wasn’t such a small minority of Jews in the US, (2% overall) there could have been a different outcome to these elections but who really can predict how anyone in office will turn out? Yes it has been noted that some ineptitude and luke-warm overtures have been extended by Obama to Israel but would Romney have been much different? – Look at our Prime Minister at present, sucking up to the arab populous in the name of business and with what or whom are they bartering; at the end of the day, Jews have been and will always be alone so we will do whatever it takes to survive, including remember!
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Liron
11:11 pm
Nov 07, 2012
emes, the small minority you correctly note–mostly the Reform–have been supportive of Obama, and contributed heartily to re-elect him. As far as Romney goes, most Mormons that I know are informed that Israel is to be supported and defended, just like the Evangelical Christians. Israel would have had a faithful supporter in Mitt Romney.
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theo musikanth
5:18 pm
Nov 09, 2012
Seven out of every ten Jews supported Obama – the man who said Israel should return to the 1967 borders !
Where is their inherent love of Israel ?
I am shocked and disgusted !
As far as I am concerned American Jews have lost their Jewish neshamas
To say Israel is marginal to them further discredits them
As I see it Jews of America have nothing to be proud of and nothing to teach their co religionists elsewhere
Shame on you !!!
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