Do you always lie to yourself.

Here is the truth about Obama's pro-Israel record to counter the Republican lies. (source: National Jewish Democratic Council fact sheet)

Throughout his presidency, President Barack Obama has made strengthening the U.S.-Israel relationship a top foreign policy priority. His work to strengthen that relationship places him among Israel’s strongest supporters ever; the facts, with citations, follow below.

”We stand with Israel as a Jewish democratic state because we know that Israel is born of firmly held values that we, as Americans, share: a culture committed to justice, a land that welcomes the weary, a people devoted to tikkun olam…. So America’s commitment … and my commitment to Israel and Israel’s security is unshakeable. It is unshakeable…. I am proud to say that no U.S. administration has done more in support of Israel’s security than ours. None. Don’t let anybody else tell you otherwise. It is a fact.” [Obama, December 16, 2011)

Obama provided Israel with the largest amount of American military aid in U.S. history, including:

* Over $3 billion per year to assist Israel’s military to ensure it has the latest and most efficient technologies and weapons available; and

* $275 million in supplemental funding to develop the Iron Dome missile system, praised by Israel’s defense leaders for its “exceptional” success at saving the lives of Israelis who live under threat from Hamas’ rockets.

* Additional funding for the Arrow and David’s Sling missile systems, bringing the total funding for missile defense to $650 million—double the amount spent by the Bush Administration.

Obama restored Israel’s Qualitative Military Edge (QME) with advanced weaponry by:

* Signing the U.S.-Israel Enhanced Security Act;

* Selling Israel bunker busting bombs and F-35 fighter planes while fast-tracking arms sales;

* Committing American troops to the 2009 Juniper Cobra and 2012 Austere Challenge joint military exercises—the largest and most extensive exercises ever with Israel;

* Authorizing Israel to use American weapons stored in Israel during an emergency; and

* Working with Israel to combat smuggling into Gaza.

Obama’s diplomatic support for Israel is unparalleled. Obama:

* Forcefully opposed the Palestinians’ attempt to unilaterally declare a state;

* Rallied the world against a nuclear-armed Iran and continues to lead the sanctions effort by example;

* Voted with Israel 100% of the time at the United Nations, a first in modern history;

* Defended Israel’s legitimacy on the world stage, and vocally protested efforts to isolate Israel at the United Nations and in UN bodies;

* Consistently affirmed the U.S.-Israel bond; and

* Asserted Israel’s right to self-defense repeatedly—including against the Gaza flotilla.

Obama personally came to Israel’s aid immediately when it needed it most. Obama:

* Answered Israel’s “3am phone call” and personally intervened to rescue Israel’s diplomats in Cairo; and

* Personally ordered that Israel receive “whatever it need[ed]” to put out the Carmel fire.

Israeli Leaders on President Obama

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:

“Americans know that Israel and the United States share common values, that we defend common interests, that we face common enemies. … We are you, and you are us. We’re together.” [March 5, 2012]

“I think that standing your ground, taking this position of principle… I think this is a badge of honor and I want to thank you for wearing that badge of honor.” [September 22, 2011]

“I would like to express my gratitude to the President of the United States, Barack Obama. I asked for his help. … He said, ‘I will do everything I can.’ And so he did. … We owe him a special measure of gratitude.” [September 10, 2011]

“I trust Barack Obama, President of the United States to carry out with me the policies that have joined Israel and the United States.” [July 7, 2010]

President Shimon Peres:

“Mr. President, I know your commitment to Israel is deep and profound. Under your leadership, security cooperation between the US and Israel has reached its highest level. Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a friend in the White House.” [March 4, 2012]

“Thank you America for being our friend and our ally. And thank you President Barack Obama, for your leadership, for your deep and moving ongoing and unwavering commitment to the peace and security of our land.” [June 30, 2011]

Defense Minister and former Prime Minister Ehud Barak:

“I should tell you honestly that this Administration under President Obama is doing in regard to our security more than anything that I can remember in the past.” [July 30, 2012]

“The unshakable bonds between Israel and America and their respective defense establishments under the guiding hand of President Barack Obama are stronger and deeper than ever and we are very thankful and appreciative of that.” [December 16, 2011]

“Our countries are good friends. And I’m the minister of defense, I can tell you… I can hardly remember a better period of support, American support and backing and cooperation and similar strategic understanding of events around us than what we have right now.” [August 3, 2011]

Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon:

“I can tell you in a very categoric way I believe also in an authoritative way that we have not had a better friend than President Obama and we will continue to work together because not only it’s our ideal it’s also our interests … cooperation has never been better while issues which are of the most sensitive and of most importance to our collective security and wellbeing.” [August 28, 2011]

Ambassador to the United States Michael Oren:

“We see things very much eye-to-eye on how to move forward. … The President’s speech here at the General Assembly was quite strong in his support for Israel in its security needs, in its sympathy for the Israeli people and the situation they find themselves in the Middle East and I think the most important thing was the strong emphasis placed on the connection between the Jewish people of Israel and the Land of Israel.” [September 26, 2011]

And here is the full text of the 2012 Democratic plank regarding Israel:

The Middle East. President Obama and the Democratic Party maintain an unshakable commitment to Israel’s security. A strong and secure Israel is vital to the United States not simply because we share strategic interests, but also because we share common values. For this reason, despite budgetary constraints, the President has worked with Congress to increase security assistance to Israel every single year since taking office, providing nearly $10 billion in the past three years. The administration has also worked to ensure Israel’s qualitative military edge in the region. And we have deepened defense cooperation—including funding the Iron Dome system—to help Israel address its most pressing threats, including the growing danger posed by rockets and missiles emanating from the Gaza Strip, Lebanon, Syria, and Iran. The President’s consistent support for Israel’s right to defend itself and his steadfast opposition to any attempt to delegitimize Israel on the world stage are further evidence of our enduring commitment to Israel’s security.

It is precisely because of this commitment that President Obama and the Democratic Party seek peace between Israelis and Palestinians. A just and lasting Israeli-Palestinian accord, producing two states for two peoples, would contribute to regional stability and help sustain Israel’s identity as a Jewish and democratic state. At the same time, the President has made clear that there will be no lasting peace unless Israel’s security concerns are met. President Obama will continue to press Arab states to reach out to Israel. We will continue to support Israel’s peace treaties with Egypt and Jordan, which have been pillars of peace and stability in the region for many years. And even as the President and the Democratic Party continue to encourage all parties to be resolute in the pursuit of peace, we will insist that any Palestinian partner must recognize Israel’s right to exist, reject violence, and adhere to existing agreements.

Elsewhere in the region, President Obama is committed to maintaining robust security cooperation with Gulf Cooperation Council states and our other partners aimed at deterring aggression, checking Iran’s destabilizing activities, ensuring the free flow of commerce essential to the global economy, and building a regional security architecture to counter terrorism, proliferation, ballistic missiles, piracy, and other common threats. Jerusalem is and will remain the capital of Israel. The parties have agreed that Jerusalem is a matter for final status negotiations. It should remain an undivided city accessible to people of all faiths.

Because they are trash and I feel sorry for that Nun

I am of German and Dutch descent, but I hold the US above the welfare of those two countries. If you are a Jewish American, your loyalty should be first and foremost to the US. If it's not, then the Jewish American community, and the US as a whole, has much bigger problems. Jewish does not equal Israel. One is a religion, the other is a country. It's downright embarrasing that most Americans can't tell the difference. It's also embarrasing that all the panderers pretend and propogate the notion that not supporting Israel is somehow equivalent to Antisemitism. Do you think all Israelis agree with the Israeli government's policies? That's as foolish as an Israeli thinking that all Americans are of one mind.

With all due respect the last people on this planet who have anything to say about the Jews is a German and just to let you know that I am not not racist or that hate the Gemans my mother is of German decent and from Garmisch Partikirchen in Bavaria.

SG obviously doesn't believe in God or know anything about the Bible, which is most people's basis for supporting Israel. Hitler didn't believe it either.

I agree. It looked like the majority of the convention delegates opposed the God and Jerusalem language. Yet the Democratic leaders ignored the majority and did what they wanted to protect Obama.

They may have just lost it.

Because they are racist anti semite animals.

See my rant above. Israel does not equal Jewish. Learn the difference.

Who cares what you think.

usaf 50 google the word semite. it does not mean jew or isreal. the more you know the less stupid you sound...

Clayton shut the @!$%# up.

Antisemitism (also spelled anti-semitism or anti-Semitism) is suspicion of, hatred toward, or discrimination against Jews for reasons connected to their Jewish

Agreed.

Israel isreal. If you don't know how to spell it, how can you intelligently comment on it? Of course, come to think about it, if you are liberal, how can you intelligently comment on anything?

Well we all can spell GOD and they Booed him too...no talking and back peddling will take that away especially since the video went viral!!!

It was the Arabs and ignorant liberals booing G*D and Jerusalem at the DNC. Did you see that Arab right in front of the camera?!! Guess Obama shot himself in the arse, pissing off his fellow Muslims and Arab brothers! Boy did the DNC have a bad convention pissing off and Lying the 3 days to the delegates.

United Nations Security Council Resolution 478 (20 August 1980; 14–0, U.S. abstaining) declared the Jerusalem Law "null and void" and called on member states to withdraw their diplomatic missions from Jerusalem.

The U.S. Congress subsequently adopted the Jerusalem Embassy Act, which said that the U.S. embassy should be relocated to Jerusalem and that it should be recognized as the capital of Israel. However, the US Justice Department Office of Legal Counsel concluded that the provisions of the act "invade exclusive presidential authorities in the field of foreign affairs and are unconstitutional".

Since passage of the act, all Presidents serving in office have determined that moving forward with the relocation would be detrimental to U.S. national security concerns