A Former Israeli Ambassador Takes Aim at Obama—and American Jewry
Goldberg: You yourself write in the book that Obama has given amazing pro-Zionist speeches, that there are different moments when he’s said things about Israel that are quite meaningful.
Oren: I mentioned one of his speeches—I think at the UN in [September] 2011—which is probably one of the most Zionist speeches ever given by an American president—
Goldberg: —Right. This doesn’t come through in your op-eds. I get it, these op-eds have to have an argument, but—
Oren: —And they can’t be too subtle. You have 700 words to make a subtle argument. In that article about Obama abandoning Israel, I talk about—
.. what I have a problem with is Jewish journalists who say, “I’m Jewish, but I’m not those Jews.”