BS: Obama on the Palestinians

Subject: BS: Obama on the Palestinians
From: C. Ham
Date: 27 Apr 07 - 01:16 PM

From JTA: Palestinians suffer because of their leadership, U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) said.


In the first debate Thursday night of the Democratic candidates for president, Obama was asked whether he stood by his remark earlier this year that nobody suffers more than the Palestinians.

"What I said is, nobody has suffered more than the Palestinian people from the failure of the Palestinian leadership to recognize Israel, to renounce violence and to get serious about negotiating peace and security for the region," Obama said on the MSNBC debate. "Israel has been one of our most important allies around the world, it's the only established democracy in the Middle East, it's the linchpin of much of our efforts in the Middle East, but the United States has to get engaged in this region and that's something this president has not done and that's something I intend to do."

JTA link

Hear Hear! Senator Obama.

Subject: RE: BS: Obama on the Palestinians
From: Riginslinger
Date: 28 Apr 07 - 09:40 AM

On the contrary, I would say the Bush Administration has gotten involved in the Middle East in a very big way. Wolfowitz and Pearle(sp?), two Jewish Neocons, managed to persuade "The Decider" to invade Iraq. I think, they thought it would benefit Israel, though I'm not at all sure that it has.

          It would be interesting to know what Obama thought about Jimmy Carter's latest book, the one that the established American Jewish community has come down so hard against.