Obamas appalling anti-Israel stance: Letters to the Editor Oct. 23, 2026
The Issue: Former President Barack Obama’s record of aligning politically against Israel.Former President Barack Obama endorsed radical-left and antisemitic Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, and the two will continue trashing Israel on the campaign trail (“Embracing an Israel-Hater,” Editorial, Oct.21).It looks like Obama isn’t the soft-spoken and empathetic Christian many thought he was.Will GravesWinter Park, Fla.Michael Goodwin’s column failed to include one critical element that sheds light on the origins of Obama’s longstanding animus toward Israel and Jews (“Obama spurred Dem Israel hate,” Oct.
21).For 20 years, Obama attended the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, whose pastor, the notorious Israel-hater Rev.Jeremiah Wright, frequently lashed out against Jews and Israel, and was an associate of the infamous Louis Farrakhan.When sermon clips went viral, Obama issued a weak apology and canceled his membership.
But he was a member of the church for two decades.Why didn’t he ever speak out against Wright or Farrakhan before political pressure mounted?Mitchell SchwefelBarnegat, NJWhat Obama said is not just anti-Israel; it’s purely antisemitic.
The land-grab accusation is just another way to express the old antisemitic trope that Jews love money and power.Svetlana ShapiroBrooklynObama uses being a former president to lie about Israel, accusing it of stealing Arab land.Jews have lived in the area for a millennium, and Israel has offered land for peace multiple times.His animus toward the Jewish state does not justify lying to bolster his claims.Mel YoungManhattanWhile president, Obama was too lenient in the Iran nuclear deal and had the United States abstain on a UN resolution declaring much of Israeli territory won in the 1967 war illegitimate.His support for El-Sayed and Mayor Mamdani is unsurprising.JJ LevineMiami Beach, Fla.Obama, one of the most underachieving presidents of our time, is always craving attention, and it�...