Did GOP, Obama actions prompt Isaac?
TAMPA, Fla. – Could
Hurricane Isaac’s disrupting of the Republican convention
here be tied to recent policy decisions by the GOP
leadership and Barack Obama?
Koenig points out
that on Tuesday, the day Isaac formed as a tropical storm,
the Republican platform committee voted to add a “two-state”
position pertaining to Israel for formal convention
approval.
“This is the second straight Republican convention
postponed due to a major hurricane,” points out Koenig. “And
this is the third straight Republican convention that became
secondary news due to a hurricane. Bush was pressuring
Israel during the times of the 2004 and 2008 conventions.”
Koenig links all three convention disruptions to platform
committee decisions to support further division of the land
of Israel to pave the way for the creation of a Palestinian
state.
Katrina, the deadliest and costliest hurricane in U.S.
history, hit Aug. 29, 2005, after President George W. Bush
urged Israel to withdraw from Gaza. Israeli rabbis and U.S.
senators have made note of the historical links between
calamitous U.S. storms and U.S. pressures on Israel to
divide the land. In his book, Koenig points out that nine of
the 10 costliest insurance events in U.S. history followed
dramatic calls by U.S. officials for Israel to make land
concessions in bids for peace with its neighbors. He points
out with startling detail how six of the seven costliest
hurricanes in U.S. history followed such events. He points
out how three of the four largest tornado outbreaks in U.S.
history also followed such developments.
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