(Commentary) Michael J. Totten - Hizbullah's reaction to Israel's plan to build 1,600 apartments in a Jewish neighborhood in east Jerusalem might help President Obama understand something that has so far eluded him: the Syrian-Iranian-Hamas-Hizbullah resistance bloc will not allow him to appease it. "The Zionist plan to construct hundreds of homes in al-Quds [Jerusalem] truly shows American cover to it," Hizbullah said in a statement quoted by the Tehran Times. So not only is Obama denied credit for standing up to Israel's government, he is accused of doing precisely the opposite. The resistance bloc would remain viciously anti-American even if the U.S. declared war on Israel and bombed Tel Aviv. When the U.S. doesn't follow the script, they just lie. If we extend a hand in friendship, they'll bite it and try to chew off a finger. If we take their side once in a while to appear evenhanded, they'll twist the truth until it looks like a sinister plot.
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