A leading Christian Zionist is expressing concern over President Obama's appointment of former Senator George Mitchell as special Mideast envoy.
Palestinian negotiator Saab Erekat tells Agence France-Presse that President Obama has a "genuine commitment to pursue [Mideast] peace from day one." His newly tapped Mideast envoy is no stranger to such peace efforts. Former Senator George Mitchell led a commission appointed by former President Bill Clinton to find ways to bring an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Former Republican presidential candidate Gary Bauer, who serves on the executive board of Christians United for Israel, says Mitchell is not the right man for the job. "George Mitchell has a reputation on his previous work in the Middle East as being evenhanded between Israel and the Palestinian extremists. And for me that means the appointment is bad because I don't believe we should be evenhanded between Israel and the Palestinians," he contends. "I think Israel is our only reliable ally in the Middle East. I believe that they are right in this ongoing war that is being waged against them." Bauer notes that although the 2001 Mitchell Commission report called for an end to Palestinian terrorism, it also recommended that Israel halt the construction of all new settlements in the West Bank.
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