"Moreover, Obama responded to Israel’s obduracy by offering it F-35
fighter jets and other goodies. The U.S. president has since coddled
Israel, extending additional military assistance and vetoing U.N.
resolutions criticizing settlement activity. He also opposed the
Palestinian initiative for statehood last September, delivering the most
pro-Israel American speech ever at the U.N. And though it seems of no
importance in Washington, the Palestinians are as far from freedom from
Israeli subjugation as ever. Meanwhile, Obama’s opponent, Mitt Romney, who held a big-money
fund-raiser in Jerusalem last month, said last December that when it
comes to Palestinian-Israeli policy, “I’d get on the phone to my friend
Bibi Netanyahu and say: ‘Would it help if I said this? What would you
like me to do?’ ”" (thanks Lina)