Stop the Hypocrisy about Israel

My latest CNN column examines the Gaza-bound flotilla raid and the danger that the White House could again focus their pressure on Israel while ignoring the real threat posed by Hamas.

Last week, the U.S. signed a UN resolution which criticized Israel for its nuclear arsenal but ignored Iran. My latest CNN column examines the Gaza-bound flotilla raid and the likelihood the White House could again pressure Israel while turning a blind eye to the real threat.

[P]ost-flotilla, the Obama administration stands in danger of being drawn into the attempt to open Hamas-ruled Gaza to military-capable imports, and to force Israel to engage in some kind of negotiation with Hamas.

Former Ambassador to Israel Martin Indyk, who is close to Obama administration thinking, outlined in the New York Times Monday the contours of just such a deal: "The administration needs to work on a package deal in which Hamas commits to preventing attacks from, and all smuggling into, Gaza. In return, Israel would drop the blockade and allow trade in and out."

It's a pretty thought. Pro-Hamas groups did not go to the trouble of organizing a flotilla of supplies that could be used for war in order to end smuggling of war material into Gaza.

Nor are pro-Hamas groups seeking to ship the material into Gaza in order to thwart future attacks on Israel. Rebuilding Hamas' bunkers is not a step toward peace.

But as with the Obama administration's joining the anti-Israel resolution at the United Nations on Friday, followed by after-the-fact explanations that Israel had nothing to fear, so the Obama administration is now being drawn into another anti-Israel action, again cushioned by assurances that, "This is for your own good."

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