Swing Street

The Republican Jewish Coalition is offended by the "balanced tone" of President Obama's groundbreaking speech in Cairo, because there can be no legitimate interests beyond those of the Israeli right wing. Peace is a one-way street. 

As always, the RJC is wrong - and offensive in the process. Rational actors recognize that acknowledging the concerns of one group does not delegitimize the issues of another. But, in the world of the RJC, because Palestinians have been harmed by their tragic leadership at least as much as by the Israelis, Palestinians don't count as people who deserve any rights or respect, and any recognition of any such rights or the treatment of those people with respect by President Obama is necessarily a betrayal of Israel. 

We'll be out of town for several days, with no internet access, so I cannot write too much about the Cairo speech or the absurd reactions on the crazy right or from those in our community who cannot see past their limited interests that have served to halt any progress in the Middle East. I will try to get to that next week.