Is it to repair what he could not do in his first term, i.e. forcing Israelis to make peace without an effort made by the Palestinians? Or rather to soften the Israelis for the bitter pill that you have given them, by holding them back in order not to attack Iran? You want to convince Israelis that it is better to make peace with the Palestinians now. What Chutzpa, wanting to make peace at the very moment when the whole situation is not stable, when the war in Syria could have serious consequences for Israel, when Egypt will not even confirm the peace treaty they had made with Israel, when Hamas fires rockets into Israel, without regard for your presence as the American President. I think these rockets were an affront to Israel and the United States.
It must not be forgotten that Hezbollah had received chemical weapons from Syria and o Syrian forces may be with Hezbollah in Lebanon anytime and attack both allied countries Israel and Jordan.
Talking of peace now was an affront to the host, while Abbas has circumvented both Israel and the United States under President Obama, by going to complain to the UN, disregarding the Oslo treaty negotiations, which provided for negotiations without having recourse to any UN agency and that both parties would obey the articles of the treaty to which they agreed. All this, while you yourself were not willing to guarantee that Iran would not have the atomic bomb, and guarantee Israel's security in case of an attack by Iran.
Mr. Obama, you made a charm offensive to the leftist Israeli youth, instead of speaking in parliament, as did Netanyahu in Washington. Not going to the parliament is a political insult. It is with these tactics and charm that you were able to have 70% of the American Jewish votes to be elected. I ask the question: "When you say 'I am talking to you, young people,' do you realize that you have insulted the Jewish old guard, including American Jews who fought for Israel?“
Mr. President, I can assure you that this is not how you will conquer young Israelis, while ignoring the old generation and the parliament. Mr. Obama, there will be no peace in the Middle East until the Arab countries will first make peace at home. Israel could bring prosperity to the entire Middle East.
Mr. President, believe me that I have known the Americans well during the Second World War and I've provided them with all the fresh produce they needed, such as eggs, vegetables, wine, etc., etc., etc. . And I cried when they returned dead or wounded from the battle of Bizerte.
You flatter yourself for having given $ 250 million to fund the iron dome that brave Israelis created by their talent and tenacity, but you forgot that during World War II American Jews brought their contribution who saved the lives of thousands of soldiers, such as the radar and decoding the Japanese code. Mr. President, have a little consideration and a little humility towards the Jewish people in general.
Mr. President, I must tell you that although I have a lot of respect for you, I am very worried because you have incurred debts of 16.5 Trillion for our children and grandchildren, which means $ 53,000 of debt for every person. I remind you that the part of the American people who elected you is noble and trusted you out of generosity. Familiar with the Israelis, I can tell you that it is a tenacious people who will survive against all the odds. It will be able to enrich all the Arab people of the Middle East, when they abandon fanaticism which rises to their head and will become peaceful nations like all other nations. I salute the United States and its Constitution, which gave me the right to free expression.
The writer of these lines was an officer in the Israeli army and served as an Israeli and Frenchman in the Suez War and his father was in the 1914 class during the First World War.
Since I have known the Americans during World War II, in the years 1942 to 1943, through the burial of my friends, U.S. troops in Tunisia, to whom I had to pay tribute, I have loved them for their courage and for that of their Presidents, Franklin D Roosevelt and Harry S Truman who had the courage and audacity to stand up to the enemies of the United States, and no nation could threaten them. It is only due to their courage and wisdom that Americans together with the Europeans had been victorious against two fierce and unscrupulous enemies.
Copyright 2013 Emile Tubiana
