Posted on 09/16/2016 1:21:54 PM PDT by Nachum
JERUSALEM (AP) — In his landmark speech to the Arab world seven years ago, President Barack Obama warned that Israeli settlements on occupied territories were undermining hopes for peace. “It is time for these settlements to stop,” he declared.
As Obama heads into the home stretch of his presidency, he leaves behind an unfulfilled vision. Not only did he fail to stop it, but he watched Israeli construction in the West Bank and east Jerusalem thrive — despite repeated White House condemnations.
According to Israeli government data obtained by The Associated Press, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pushed a wave of construction during the Obama presidency that matched, and even exceeded, the amount of building that took place under his predecessors during the Bush years.
The figures show the limits of US influence over its close ally and a reluctance to link financial support to Israel with policy differences. Despite the Israeli defiance over settlements and a long history of friction between Obama and Netanyahu, the two countries signed a deal this week giving Israel $38 billion in US military aid over 10 years, the largest deal of its kind in American history.
Hanan Ashrawi, a senior Palestinian official, said the Obama presidency has been a disappointment for her people. After the promise of his 2009 speeches in Egypt and Turkey pledging to build bridges with the Muslim world, “it’s been downhill since then,” she said.
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“Obama warned that Israeli settlements on occupied territories were undermining hopes for peace”
Not half as much as Palestinian rocket attacks on civilian populations undermine hopes for peace.
Oh yeah... and Palestinian weapons-smuggling tunnels quite literally undermine hopes for peace as well!
Good news. I love hearing that there are areas where Obama’s antisemitic malice and treason turned out to be ineffectual and thus harmless.
Build, Bibi, Build your country!
(and ONazi will GTH anyway!)
Oblamea exhibits the reverse midas touch once again!
“Hanan Ashrawi, a senior Palestinian official, said the Obama presidency has been a disappointment for her people.”
Get civilized, ACTUALLY try to improve the lives of your people and ACTUALLY try to live peacefully with Israel and its people (which are NOT going away), and then people and nations will take you seriously. Do those things, and untold riches and opportunities will flow your way. Continue on as you have, and you’ll get NOTHING!
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