Netanyahu Rebukes Obama

President Obama's speech the other day, on the eve of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit, calling for Israel to return to its pre-1967 borders caused a major political firestorm.

Today, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected Obama's call for a return to pre-1967 borders at the White House with Obama present.

Accordng to Reuters:

In an unusually sharp rebuke to Israel's closest ally, Netanyahu insisted Israel would never pull back to its 1967 borders -- which would mean big concessions of occupied land -- that Obama had said should be the basis for negotiations on creating a Palestinian state.

"Peace based on illusions will crash eventually on the rocks of Middle East reality," an unsmiling Netanyahu said as Obama listened intently beside him in the Oval Office after they met for talks.

Obama's radical position on the Israeli-Palestinian issues will likely cause him major political problems in his re-election campaign. American Jews could decide to vote for the pro-Israel Republican presidential candidate over Obama in 2012 and withhold campaign contributions from Obama and the Democratic Party.

According to Newsmax.com:

One of the nation’s most influential Democrats, former New York Mayor Ed Koch, tells Newsmax.TV that Israel is facing its “most dangerous and critical period,” and warned he may cross party lines in 2012 and vote against Pres. Obama. Koch said, “This is the most dangerous and critical period that Israel has ever faced and regrettably it does not have the support of the president of the United States.”

Former Massachusetts Governor and GOP Presidential candidate Mitt Romney said that Obama "threw Israel under the bus" with his speech. To see the other Republican candidates' reactions, go here.

Frankly, it is my opinion that any Jew who contributes to or votes for President Obama would be, in effect, a traitor to Israel.