Last January, during his State of the Union address, President Obama solemnly proclaimed Israel as a “Jewish state” In pushing for an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement, the president said his objective was an “independent state for Palestinians, and lasting peace and security for the State of Israel -- a Jewish state that knows America will always be at their side.” Well, that was January.  But this is March, when any permanence for Obama’s support of Israel as a Jewish state is gone.  In his summit meeting at the White House with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, the president conspicuously omitted any reference to Israel as a Jewish state.  In one swoop, he erased Jewish identity from Israel -- the very basis and rationale for Israel as a Jewish national homeland:  Here is how he puts it now when calling for “two states, side by side, in peace and security -- a state that allows for the dignity and sovereignty of the...(Read Full Post)