Speaking at the Jewish Reform Movement conference in Maryland, House Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor (R – VA), lashed the notion of a Palestinian state, while condemning the Palestinians for what he called a “culture of resentment.”
Cantor went on to praise Israel, saying that “if Palestinians want to live in a state of their own they must demonstrate they are worthy of a state.” He did not make it clear what makes people worthy of statehood.
The Palestinian issue has become a major one in the Republican Party primaries recently, after Newt Gingrich insisted that they were an “invented” people with no right to a state, and other candidates lashed him for making the comments without first getting permission from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Cantor’s comments appear aimed at cashing in on what many Republicans see as a ticket to winning more Jewish votes: denouncing the Palestinians as a matter of course more than a matter of any particular issue.
Cantor went on in his comments to condemn the “so-called Arab Spring,” insisting that the pro-democracy movements across the Middle East “brought disappointment and Islamism” and that they “present challenges for interests to the US.”
Mr. Cantor, shame on you! The Palestinians deserve a state just as much as the Israeli do. Why don’t you move to Israel if you are so fond of the country.
The biggest proof that the Palestianians deserve Statehood is that they are there. They were on these lands before the artificial implantation of Kazar/Asskenatzi from Eastern Europe and 63 years later they are still there.
Eric Cantor is trying to tell us that one day when America is weak, her armies lost in the sands, her once proud edifice crumbling…what he is saying is when we are weak and China, Russia, Africa, South America, and the Middle East are stronger…he's telling them that it's OK to come over and Conquer us. It's OK to come over and Occupy us. It's OK to come take our resources, it's OK to enslave our people to a policy of Robbery. It's OK to round us up into little ghettos and tell us that we are not citizens and not welcome on this land. Tell them Eric. Sing it loud and clear.
And who the hell gives Cantor the authority to determine if the Palestinians should have a state or not? As a committed Zionist (and maybe a duel citizen) he definitely would take the Israeli main-line on this matter. I say, the UN should move the Israelis back within the 1967 borders and free the Palestinians from their current occupation. Then the rest of the world can come to the aid of the new state and support their self determined progress.
Mr. Cantor is your typical politician..always pandering to those who line their pockets. Cantor does not represent the American people, or American values. He is a typical Likudnick serving the interest of the Israeli government over that of the US government. Can we say traitor!
He sure is a unbiased little twit!
This is the same guy who wanted to move Israeli Foriegn Aid to under Pentagon control so it coudn't be touched. He is another Israel firster. Does he have Dual citizenship?
He and others like him are prostitutes to the J vote$
END ALL FOREIGN AID FOR 10 YEARS Time to sink or swim people…
I don't think it is up to Israel or the US to determine if Palestine is a state or not. It is already recognized as a state by over 100 countries. What Palestine wants is UN membership, it already has statehood. The UN does not confer statehood to begin with. http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/12/15/palestini…
If all these useless politicians are only interested in securing Jewish votes, what about the rest of Americans…who cares after their interests? Surely ordinary Americans who have no affiliation with any foreign country are the majority, and thus their votes should dictate the route these politicians should be taking instead of pandering to Israeli lobby. Such a free nation and yet it's majority is completely wasted away!
I thought our rights were 'inalienable' and given unto us by our Creator? Now we have to earn them from people like Cantor? We have to prove that we deserve them? Cantor is a whore for Israel.
How about requiring Cantor to prove HE deserves the right to US citizenship and office as an US Representative, given his "Israel First" stance and his Logan Act violation when he kissed Netanyahoo's nether region.
Cantor is one of the biggest Israel Firsters in congress. I think it was Cantor who suggested moving welfare payments to Israel from the foriegn aid budget to the defense budget to protect those welfare payments from cuts in the foriegn aid budget.
I think I remember reading somewhere that Cantor is one of several Congresscritters who are dual US/Israeli citizens. I can't find the citation for that info so it may not be correct – but it sounds right.
Personally, I believe that an elected official cannot serve 2 masters – cannot put one above the other. I think that a dual citizen should be banned from holding elected office as their fealty cannot be trusted. Cantor is a perfect example of someone I believe has his priorities wrong. It's obvious that he would prefer to serve the Israeli people/government – he should relocate there.