Bret Stephens is a former editor-in-chief of the Jerusalem Post. But he’s still a sharp enough journalist to recognize mendacity when he hears it in between all the usual bromides.
“…the essence of his proposal is that Israel should cede territory, put itself into a weaker position, and then hope for the best…,” Stephens writes in the Wall Street Journal.
“What, then, would a pro-Israel president do? He would tell Palestinians that there is no right of return. He would make the reform of the Arab mindset toward Israel the centerpiece of his peace efforts. He would outline hard and specific consequences should Hamas join the government.
“Such a vision could lay the groundwork for peace. What Mr. Obama offered is a formula for war….”
A war that we will likely finance with the millions of dollars in welfare “aid” we still dole out to the terror-loving Palestinians every year.
AND: Jerusalem specifically asked Obama before his speech not to adopt the Palestinian position of the “1967 lines” (which actually refers to the 1949 armistice lines) but they got a rebuke when our anti-Israel president did it anyway.
MORE: There really should be no surprise here, considering Barry’s background, including his anti-Jewish pastor of twenty-something years.
THE TEXAS SCRIBBLER 
I am not yet sure he is anti-Israeli. I suspect, though, that he adopted the theory where Israel is a pain in the backside and the main cause of all world’s ills.
Yourish, I see, thinks he’s playing some deep game to rally the Europeans to vote with the US at the UN against the unilaterally-declared Pals State in September. Obama? Deep games?
Krauthammer says he’s either anti-Israel or “a blundering amateur”:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/what-obama-did-to-israel/2011/05/26/AGJfYJCH_story.html
From the commentary I’ve read I agree with Yourish that Obama is trying to get the Europeans to stand with the US at the UN this fall to vote against a UN declaration of Palestinian statehood.
I agree with Stephens and Krauthammer. He was much too quick to call for Mubarak’s ouster for my taste, as if he didn’t know what would happen to the peace treaty.