CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY OCTOBER 22, 2026
FORMER PRESIDENT OBAMA SPOKE RECENTLY AT QUEENS UNIVERITY IN BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND WHERE HE WAS AWARDED AN HONORARY DEGREE.
OBAMA USED HIS ADDRESS TO TRASH ISRAEL AND FALSELY CLAIM THE COUNTRY STOLE LAND FROM THE SO-CALLED PALESTINIANS. OBAMA ACCUSED ISRAEL OF “TAKING LAND OFF PEOPLE AND THEY WERE EXCESSIVE.”
ELISHA WIESEL, SON OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR ELIE WIESEL, RESPONDED IN A WALL STREET JOURNAL COLUMN.
“WAS IT EXCESSIVE,” HE ASKS, “FOR JEWS TO BUY LAND FROM ABSENTEE LANDLORD IN BEIRUT AND DAMASCUS WHO WERE GLAD TO SELL MALARIAL SWAMPS? WAS IT EXCESSIVE FOR THE JEWS OF HEBRON, WHO HAVE PRAYED THERE FOR CENTURIES, TO BE SLAUGHTERED BY RIOTERS NEARLY 20 YEARS BEFORE THERE WAS A JEWISH STATE, AN OCCUPATION, OR A WEST BANK SETTLEMENT TO BLAME? WAS IT EXCESIVE FOR JEWS TO ACCEPT THE UNITED NATIONS 1947 PARTITION PLAN WHILE FACING AN IMPENDING INVASION BY FIVE COUNTRIES IN 1948? TO OFFER PEACE AT CAMP DAVID IN 2000 AND AGAIN IN 2008? TO PULL EVERY SOLDIER AND SETTLER OUT OF GAZA IN 2005?
THESE ARE QUESTIONS OBAMA AND ISRAEL’S CRITICS REFUSE TO ANSWER. I’M CAL THOMAS.
