Netanyahu's Speech at the AIPAC Conference, May 2011

Council on Foreign Relations  "My friends, we want peace because we know the pain of terror and we know the agony of war. We want peace because we know the blessings peace could bring - what it could bring to us and to our Palestinian neighbors. But if we hope to advance peace with the Palestinians, then it's time that we admitted another truth. This conflict has raged for nearly a century because the Palestinians refuse to end it. They refuse to accept the Jewish state."....

 "Just imagine keeping a young soldier locked in a dark dungeon for five years without even a single visit - not a single visit of the Red Cross. I think that the entire civilized community should join Israel and the United States and all of us in a simple demand from Hamas: Release Gilad Shalit."  (More on Shalit at the bottom of this post)

Top Democrats Rebuff Obama at AIPAC  "The fact that two of the highest-ranking Democrats in Congress implicitly criticized the president’s proposals indicates two things. The first is that there is a disconnect between Obama and congressional Democrats on Israel policy. And the second is that top Democrats are now willing to disparage the president’s proposals publicly. Even if Obama wants to push anti-Israel policies (and there’s evidence to that he does), his own party won’t stand behind him on it."


Gilad Shalit

 Gilad Shalit:  The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity "In June 2010, the Human Rights Watch described Hamas’ treatment of Shalit as “cruel and inhumane” in violation of international human rights law by prohibiting from having contact with his family or visits from the Red Cross."