Exclusive One Jerusalem Bloggers Interview With Ambassador Dore Gold
Listen to this informative and lively interview with Ambassador Dore Gold discussing President Bush's recent trip to Israel, the future of Jerusalem, secure borders, and policy toward Iran.
Drawing on years of experience as Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations as foreign policy adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Ambassador Gold shares his unique insiders view of American, Israeli, and Palestinian relations.
Throughout this interview he clearly explains the motivations behind President Bush's Israeli-Palestinian initiative and the roles played by Secretary of State Rice and Prime Minister Olmert.
Ambassador Gold is a frequent guest commentator on Fox News and we hope you will take the time to listen to his insightful commentary on One Jerusalem. He is also author of the authoritative study The Fight For Jerusalem.
Some of the bloggers on the call included Jerry Gordon from Israpundit, Treppenwitz, Soccer Dad, Rick Richman from Jewish Current Issues, Omri from Mere Rhetoric, Anne Lieberman from Boker Tov Boulder and Jim Hoft from Gateway Pundit.
This interview with Dr, Gold has been very informative and broadening. The whole conception of a shelf agreement was new to me. I hope that any negotiations seemingly enticing will never come to such a temporary, possibly damaging end for Israel's sake. Reagan's modus operandi vis-a-vis security makes a great deal of sense. Israel must look out for its own safety before agreeing to any solutions which may benefit others. Major resolutions of the issues facing the Israel-Palestinian conflict should not be addressed in a hurried, fickle fashion. And the strategies of the past regarding negotiations, such as those between Mr. Barack and Mr. Arafat, should remain in the past. The contemporary issues and the means to address them are not the same as those issues in the year 2000, for example. Finally, I disagree with Dr. Gold in terms of the American agendum. President Bush and Secretary Rice desperately desire a hasty outcome to the Middle East conflict before the end of Mr. Bush's presidency. I don't believe that their ignorant comments concerning negotiations dividing Jerusalem, for instance, would be helpful to Israel in any manner. I know that Dr. Gold is very involved with the preservation of a unified Jerusalem under Israeli sovereignty. My concern is with defending the American leaders' approach to the conflict when their comments and objectives appear contrary, if not hazardous, to Israeli interests. In fact, dividing Jerusalem could bring about the end of Israel. Jerusalem is the seat of the Israeli government and the capital of Israel. If the security of Jerusalem is put into jeopardy, the security of the entire country could be at risk.