The Obama administration truly does not understand the nature of the Middle East conflict, and the role especially Iran plays in it.

U.S. Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice spoke to Arab newspaper al Hayat recently, and she illustrated perfectly why people like myself – who think that a two-state solution is the only way to resolve this conflict but who understand that we have to make sure that Palestinian state will not function as a safe haven for terrorists and a proxy for Iran – fear that the new administration will not do all that is necessary to protect Israel and guarantee its safety.

She said:

Ambassador Rice: “The foreign minister, who obviously plays a very important role in the formulation of Israel’s foreign policy, has not said this to President Obama. And until they have an opportunity to have a discussion, I don’t think we should prejudge its context. That’s why I say it’s hypothetical. That said, the President has been very clear, [saying] that we don’t see any logic in efforts to delay the work to achieve a two-state solution. As he said following his meeting with King Abdullah [of Jordan], it is in Israel’s interest, in the Palestinians’ interests, and indeed in America’s interest, that progress be made as rapidly as possible to achieve a two-state solution…”

“We don’t see any logic in efforts to delay the work to achieve a two-state solution.” That is all we need to know to understand Obama’s, Clinton’s and Rice’s views. They do not understand why Israel could have a problem with a terrorist Palestinian state, serving as a proxy to a nuclear armed Iran. A terrorist-Palestinian state ruled by individuals who dream of orchestrating a second holocaust.

Troubling, very troubling.