http://my.barackobama.com/DaySix6

With everything on the line and so little time left, we have to bring our voice to Congress through every possible channel.

It takes just a few minutes to write and send your own letter directly to your representative to let them know that you support health reform.

I have made phone calls, sent email, and written on my Representative’s facebook page.

Don’t miss an opportunity to make your voice heard.

Follow this link to the story in the Israeli newspaper, Haaretz.

This gives the other point of view to my previous post, A Serial Obstructionist.

As with all issues in Israel, I don’t know which side to believe.  Of course that’s no different from political issues in this country.  Sometimes it is hard to know who to believe.

Of course the Haaretz article doesn’t take into account the political problem faced by President Obama.  The Palestinians may be taking advantage of the Obama administration’s seeming anger over the Jerusalem row.  However, the Palestinians may be taking advantage of Netanyahu’s demonstration that you can walk all over the Obama administration and they will be powerless to do anything about it.

It is not clear to me which position that Obama could take that would be more harmful to Israel in the end. Netanyahu has made his political calculation to do what he has done.  Time will tell who is the better political calculator, Abbas, Netanyahu, or Obama.

As for the analysis in Haaretz, I would hardly call Obama’s attempts to strengthen sanctions on Iran, extending a hand to Iran, unless you mean by hand a closed fist.