Comments on: Gordon Brown sympathetic to dead Jews, less so to live ones http://fresnozionism.org/archives/989 A pro-Israel voice from California's Central Valley Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:46:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Vic Rosenthal http://fresnozionism.org/archives/989#comment-6241 Vic Rosenthal Tue, 22 Jul 2008 04:22:36 +0000 http://fresnozionism.org/archives/989#comment-6241 Here is a statement of his position from the Jerusalem Post: <blockquote>Brown expressed fierce solidarity with Israel in its struggle to survive, outraged rejection for "those who question Israel's right to exist," abhorrence at the Iranian president's calls "for Israel to be wiped off the map" and a robust "determination to prevent an Iranian nuclear weapons program." Indeed, he upped the ante on Iran, declaring that the British now stood <strong>"ready to lead in taking further sanctions and ask the whole international community to join us." </strong> If Iran did not suspend its nuclear program, he warned, it would face "growing isolation and the collective response not of one nation but of many nations." At the same time, this leader of a Britain that, he said, "shares an unbreakable partnership" with Israel, "based on shared values of liberty, democracy and justice," set out familiar, if emphatically non-generous, positions on final-status issues. Insisting that "peace is within your grasp," he spoke of an Israeli-Palestinian accommodation built, among other fundamentals, upon<strong> "a two-state solution based on 1967 borders," with "Jerusalem the capital for both," a "just and agreed settlement for refugees" and Israel "freezing and withdrawing from settlements."</strong> </blockquote> Sorry, I suppose he is a better friend then Bashar Assad, but that's about all I can say. Here is a statement of his position from the Jerusalem Post:

Brown expressed fierce solidarity with Israel in its struggle to survive, outraged rejection for “those who question Israel’s right to exist,” abhorrence at the Iranian president’s calls “for Israel to be wiped off the map” and a robust “determination to prevent an Iranian nuclear weapons program.” Indeed, he upped the ante on Iran, declaring that the British now stood “ready to lead in taking further sanctions and ask the whole international community to join us.”

If Iran did not suspend its nuclear program, he warned, it would face “growing isolation and the collective response not of one nation but of many nations.”

At the same time, this leader of a Britain that, he said, “shares an unbreakable partnership” with Israel, “based on shared values of liberty, democracy and justice,” set out familiar, if emphatically non-generous, positions on final-status issues. Insisting that “peace is within your grasp,” he spoke of an Israeli-Palestinian accommodation built, among other fundamentals, upon “a two-state solution based on 1967 borders,” with “Jerusalem the capital for both,” a “just and agreed settlement for refugees” and Israel “freezing and withdrawing from settlements.”

Sorry, I suppose he is a better friend then Bashar Assad, but that’s about all I can say.

]]> By: Shalom Freedman http://fresnozionism.org/archives/989#comment-6240 Shalom Freedman Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:36:29 +0000 http://fresnozionism.org/archives/989#comment-6240 Brown also promised that he would not allow Iran to get nuclear weapons. He mentioned Ahmadinejad's 'wipe Israel off the map' remark and condemned it. He presents himself as pro- Israel, as one who is an open friend of Israel. When one considers the BBC, the anti- Semitic tone of much of the British chattering class, one must understand that Brown's friendship or warmth to Israel is not something to be dismissed, and ridiculed. Surely he has the same misconception regarding what will move the Palestinians that almost every Western leader has had. But I would not spurn or scorn his friendship. Brown also promised that he would not allow Iran to get nuclear weapons. He mentioned Ahmadinejad’s ‘wipe Israel off the map’ remark and condemned it.
He presents himself as pro- Israel, as one who is an open friend of Israel.
When one considers the BBC, the anti- Semitic tone of much of the British chattering class, one must understand that Brown’s friendship or warmth to Israel is not something to be dismissed, and ridiculed.
Surely he has the same misconception regarding what will move the Palestinians that almost every Western leader has had.
But I would not spurn or scorn his friendship.

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