There is one message and one message only that Israelis must take from the Obama administrations hostile and inane actions directed towards their country, including the rebukes and demands that resulted from the announcement about the plans to build housing units in East Jerusalem which came during Vice President Biden's recent trip. The message is unmistakably clear. Israel cannot trust or depend on the U.S. to protect or defend it and the country's viability and survival are entirely in it's own hands.Simply put, the United States will not do anything substantive to bring Palestinians to the negotiating table and negotiate seriously and in good faith, it will not do anything substantive to diminish or remove the threat posed by Hamas, Hezbollah and the Arab world in general and it will certainly not do anything substantive to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, nor will it retaliate when, not if, when, the Iranians attack Israel with them. The U.S. commitment to Israel is...(Read Full Post)