Rep. Eric Cantor Meets With Netanyahu, Promises That GOP House Will Be a "Check" Against Obama's Prejudice Against Israel

Wow. That didn't take long. Congressman Eric Cantor from Virginia won't be able to bask in the actual glory of a GOP controlled House of Representatives for another couple of months but he sent a HUGE shot across the bow of the Obama administration by meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and promising the Israeli leader that the GOP controlled House will be a "check" against Obama.

From the article at Israel National News:

Jewish Republican Representative Eric Cantor met last week with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and promised him that his party will act as a “check” on the Obama administration.

The unusual meeting offers a strong hint that U.S. President Barack Obama will find Congress taking a more assertive role in foreign policy towards Israel. Cantor is set to become the majority leader in the GOP-controlled House of Representatives.

"Eric stressed that the new Republican majority will serve as a check on the Administration and what has been, up until this point, one party rule in Washington," according to a statement from his office. "He made clear that the Republican majority understands the special relationship between Israel and the United States, and that the security of each nation is reliant upon the other."

Veteran observer of U.S.-Israeli relations Ron Kampeas wrote on a blog on the JTA website that the meeting and statement were "an eyebrow-raiser. I can't remember an opposition leader telling a foreign leader, in a personal meeting, that he would side, as a policy, with that leader against the president." Cantor's office later disputed his analysis.

Now, what this really represents is a man, Cantor, standing up and telling the Israeli leader what the American people are backing, what the American people really feel. Let's face it, the oppressed American people under Obama have seen this President ram a healthcare bill into law that 75% of the American people DID NOT want. We have seen Obama go on a spending spree over the past two years that the American people DID NOT want. And we have seen this radical U.S. President go on an attack dog assault on the nation of Israel that the American people DID NOT want.

Eric Cantor is giving us the message that we called for on November 2nd, 2010. It's going to be a bitter pill for Obama and his islamic supporting inner circle to swallow but the fact of the matter is that Obama best do a complete 360 on his position regarding Israel or else.

Eric Cantor Flexes Muscles for Israel


Jewish Republican Representative Eric Cantor met last week with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and promised him that his party will act as a “check” on the Obama administration.

The unusual meeting offers a strong hint that U.S. President Barack Obama will find Congress taking a more assertive role in foreign policy towards Israel. Cantor is set to become the majority leader in the GOP-controlled House of Representatives.

"Eric stressed that the new Republican majority will serve as a check on the Administration and what has been, up until this point, one party rule in Washington," according to a statement from his office. "He made clear that the Republican majority understands the special relationship between Israel and the United States, and that the security of each nation is reliant upon the other."

Although not unprecedented, the one-on-one meeting drew strong criticism from anti-Israel circles. The Atlantic, which routinely criticizes Israel, wrote on its ”Daily Dish” that the meeting is “a legitimate scandal worthy of far more attention. When dealing with foreign policy and climate change, Republicans believe in trying to deliberately sabotage the position of the U.S. government. The same is true of U.S. policy towards Iran…. Now it's true of U.S. policy towards Israel, too.”

The “liberal" Op-ed news site posted an article by Saman Mohammadi, a university student, currently living in Toronto, who wrote under the headline, "Cantor, Thy Name is Traitor.”

The Virginia Congressman met with Prime Minister Netanyahu at the Regency Hotel in New York City, along with National Security Advisor Uzi Arad and Israeli Ambassador to the United States, Michael Oren, according to the Politico website.

Cantor "reiterated his belief that compromise between Israel and the Palestinians can only be achieved through direct negotiations between the parties,” according to a statement from his office. He also urged the Obama administration to "make it absolutely clear that the U.S. will veto any effort by the Palestinians" to seek recognition of their state by going to the United Nations.

"Eric has a longstanding friendship with Prime Minister Netanyahu and appreciated the opportunity to catch up last evening.”

Veteran observer of U.S.-Israeli relations Ron Kampeas wrote on a blog on the JTA website that the meeting and statement were "an eyebrow-raiser. I can't remember an opposition leader telling a foreign leader, in a personal meeting, that he would side, as a policy, with that leader against the president." Cantor's office later disputed his analysis.