Pod Save America Hosts Call on Democrats to Cut All Israel Military Aid, No Longer Accept AIPAC Funding
Jews, Israelis Targeted in Austria Amid Surge in Antisemitic Incidents; Local Jewish Community Calls for Action
‘All of Our Strength’: Over 1,000 Pro-Israel Activists Gather in DC for Solidarity Conference
‘Devastated’: Wesley LePatner, Killed in Manhattan Mass Shooting, Was a Jewish Communal, Philanthropic Leader
Sen. Angus King Vows to No Longer Vote for Israel Military Aid Until Gaza Conditions Improve
Europe Won’t Pressure Israel to ‘Commit Suicide’ Amid Gaza Backlash, Palestinian State Push, Says Israeli FM
Israel’s National Soccer Coach Attacked in Athens Before Soccer Fans Chant ‘F–K Israel, Free Palestine’ at Match
New York Judge Sentences Neo-Nazi to 5 Years for Livestreaming Bomb Threats Against Jewish Hospitals
US Pressures Lebanon to Issue Cabinet Decision to Disarm Hezbollah Before Talks Continue
UK Plans to Recognize Palestinian State in September Unless Israel Meets Conditions, Starmer Says
Carney Dodges Questions About Israel’s Capital for Almost a Minute (VIDEO)
Error: Contact form not found.
by Atara Arbesfeld
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney. PHoto: wiki commons.
During the White House press briefing today, White House spokesman Jay Carney evaded a question asked repeatedly about which city the US government recognizes as Israel’s capital.
Carney wouldn’t disclose whether President Obama believes it to be Jerusalem or Tel Aviv. Persistently questioned for just under a minute, Carney only responded that “our position hasn’t changed”
During his presidential election campaign of 2008, Obama, then a US Senator for Illinois, told an AIPAC crowd that Jerusalem will remain the “undivided” capital of Israel.
“Let me be clear,” Obama said, “Israel’s security is sacrosanct. It is non-negotiable. The Palestinians need a state that is contiguous and cohesive and that allows them to prosper. But any agreement with the Palestinian people must preserve Israel’s identity as a Jewish state, with secure, recognized and defensible borders. Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel, and it must remain undivided,” he added.
Shortly after the AIPAC speech, Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas criticized Obama for an undivided Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. In an interview that followed with ABC’s Charles Gibson, Obama retracted his statement, saying that the word undivided, “was poorly chosen.”
