First Gerald Mayo sued Satan and now, an Israeli sued God

An unidentified Israeli man recently petitioned Haifa Magistrate’s Court recently for a restraining order against God, claiming the Almighty has exhibited (quoting the Times of Israel article) “a seriously negative attitude toward him,” especially over the previous three years. 

 The judge rejected the petition "even though God was not present to argue against it (or at least His presence could not be detected"). [Times of Israel, 5-4-2016]

See our related post here: When Gerald Mayo sued Satan—

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ATIT Reheated (from 2005) George W. Bush's scandalous speech in Israel

By Pablo Fanque, Foreign Relations Ed.

[Listening to President Obama's "historic" speech in Israel today, which has received much acclaim  we remember back to a far less well-received speech by his predecessor]

Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.), has joined the flood of Democratic complaints about President Bush’s speech in Israel:

“This is bullshit, this is malarkey. This is outrageous, for the president of the United States to go to a foreign country, to sit in the Knesset ... and make this kind of ridiculous statement.”— Senator Joseph Biden, chairman of the Senate foreign relations committee

Speaking at the Knesset, The President said “some people” believe the United States “should negotiate with terrorists and radicals, as if some ingenious argument will persuade them they have been wrong all along."

"We have heard this foolish delusion before," Bush said. "As Nazi tanks crossed into Poland in 1939, an American senator declared: 'Lord, if I could only have talked to Hitler, all this might have been avoided.' We have an obligation to call this what it is — the false comfort of appeasement, which has been repeatedly discredited by history."

Barack Obama joined in, accusing President Bush of "a false political attack" Thursday after Bush warned against appeasing terrorists.

Speaker of the House Pelosi tore into the President, saying Thursday that Bush's remarks were "beneath the dignity of the office of the president and unworthy of our representation" at the celebration of Israel's 60th anniversary.

Even Senator Hillary Clinton took the time to lambaste POTUS: "President Bush’s comparison of any Democrat to Nazi appeasers is both offensive and outrageous on the face of it, especially in light of his failures in foreign policy. This is the kind of statement that has no place in any presidential address and certainly to use an important moment like the 60th anniversary celebration of Israel to make a political point seems terribly misplaced. Unfortunately, this is what we’ve come to expect from President Bush."

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Pablo Fanque: Netanyahu’s Palestinian State A Sham

By Pablo Fanque,
All This Is That National Affairs Editor

Don’t be taken in by Netanyahu’s Palestinian State.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu endorsed a Palestinian state on Sunday, reversing himself in response to, and under heat from, U.S. President Barack Obama.

Unfortunately, Netanyahu heavily qualified his endorsement by attaching more than one deal breaker. "A demilitarized Palestinian state alongside the Jewish state." Palestine can become a real state in the shadow of Israel. But they don’t get to have an army.

Only a week after Obama's address to the Muslim world, Netanyahu said, in short, that Palestinian refugees could no longer return to Israel.

"Netanyahu's speech closed the door to permanent status negotiations," senior Palestinian official Saeb Erekat said. “He qualified it. He declared Jerusalem the capital of Israel, said refugees would not be negotiated and that settlements would remain."

This makes sense as long as Israel also agrees to decommission their army. Why would the Palestinians--as wacky as you might think they are--ever agree to these terms?

We even let the Germans and Japanese have an army (when they should still be in the doghouse)! It will be interesting to see how BHO responds to the Prime Minister kicking sand in his face…
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