Louie Gohmert: “There is so much going on these days, and I would just like to take up a very important issue that is going on right…”

“There is so much going on these days, and I would just like to take up a very important issue that is going on right now. There was an interview by our President that was discussed in the L.A. Times, an article by Christi Parsons and Michael Memoli, and I saw part of the interview on television. The headline of this story is ``Obama Raises Possibility of Allowing U.N. Vote on Palestinian Statehood.'' Their subheadline says, ``Obama makes veiled threat about Palestinian statehood in an interview.'' The article says, ``President Obama took a step toward a tougher line with Israel in an interview released Tuesday, raising the possibility that the U.S. will allow a United Nations vote on issues related to the Palestinians if the two sides make no meaningful movement toward peace.'' In an interview with an Israeli television station, Obama noted that his administration has ``up until this point'' quashed such efforts at the U.N., while insisting that the Israelis and Palestinians must negotiate a resolution; but he said it is a challenge for the U.S. to keep demanding that the Palestinians negotiate in good faith if no one believes the Israelis are doing the same. Further down, it says, ``Obama's critical tone toward Netanyahu, describing him as someone who is `predisposed' to `think perhaps that peace is naive', appeared to return to the tough language that marked administration statements earlier this spring around the time of the Israeli election.…”