re: #452 Spare O’Lake

I think the Gegenkritik just got a little carried away.
Obama is not an anti-Semite, which he has proved in the linked article by throwing the INSULT/OUTRAGE meme under the bus.
But you, mister, were wrong when you mischaracterized US policy as prohibiting Israel from proceeding with the E.Jerusalem housing project.
Are you disappointed that Obama has backed down? I’m not…I’m relieved.

It has been U.S. policy to not condone expansion of Israeli housing units in East Jerusalem since 1991. I don’t know how else to explain this any clearer. George HW Bush even went so far as to threaten Israeli loan guarantees over the issue.