Posted on 07/27/2008 3:47:46 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
WASHINGTON – "The Palestinian people are having a very tough time right now economically, and it is in US interests to make sure that they have a sense of hope and opportunity and a Palestinian state. I think it's in Israelis' interest as well," US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama told NBC's Meet the Press Sunday on the heels of his Mideast tour.
"What I've said is that we're going to make sure that the Palestinians have a state that allows them to prosper as long as we also have certainty that Israel's security is not being compromised. I think it's in the interest of both parties, but we are the critical ingredient in terms of making sure that a deal actually gets done," he said.
"I give the Bush administration credit that the Annapolis process has gotten Prime Minister (Ehud) Olmert in Israel and President (Mahmoud) Abbas in the Palestinian territories to have very serious and frank discussions. I think they have moved the ball forward. They may not be able to finish the job. They certainly can't finish it without serious participation by the next administration, and we've got to start early".
According to Obama, if the US can "solve" the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, "then that will make it easier for Arab states and the Gulf States to support us when it comes to issues like Iraq and Afghanistan.
"It will also weaken Iran, which has been using Hamas and Hizbullah as a way to stir up mischief in the region," he said, "if we've gotten an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal, maybe at the same time peeling Syria out of the Iranian orbit, that makes it easier to isolate Iran so that they have a tougher time developing a nuclear weapon."
Responding to Meet the Press' Tom Brokow's remark that "anytime an American goes to the Middle East, goes to an Arab capital, on the street or in a corridors of power, they say, 'You just do whatever the Israelis want you to do, and the politicians come out here looking for Jewish votes'," Obama said, "I don't think that's entirely fair. This is my second trip to Israel and the West Bank. And the first time that I went, I did meet with Palestinian businessmen, I did talk to Palestinian students in Ramallah.
"When you're in a region for a day, you've got a lot of boxes that you've got to check. And in Israel in particular, a big chunk of our day was meeting with not only the current prime minister, but former prime ministers and a whole bunch of people who intend to be prime minister. And it was important for us to make sure that we had covered our bases there," said the presidential hopeful.
Will that be the 59 th one
Obama, the Palistians have been given a state, Jordan. What we see now are failed experiments in state building.
Golly, I didn’t realize that the Israeli/Palestinian problem was all about economics. Just give those poor peeps jobs and they’ll put down their weapons. Just like in South Chicago, eh Obama?
“will that be the 59th one”
Yep—right after he helps the palis push every Jew into the sea.
The Palestinians hope they have opportunity to wipe Israel off the map. Barry may encourage their audacity to try.
They don’t want a state. They want Israel pushed into the sea so they can turn the land into a garbage heap like everywhere else they reside.
“”It will also weaken Iran, which has been using Hamas and Hizbullah as a way to stir up mischief in the region,” he said, “if we’ve gotten an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal, maybe at the same time peeling Syria out of the Iranian orbit, that makes it easier to isolate Iran so that they have a tougher time developing a nuclear weapon.” “
The man is just brilliant...
I don’t care what your position is on Israel/Palestine problem, I don’t care what your politics are, how can anyone in their right mind trust Obama?
He is a total liar/panderer/moron. As far as being “articulate,” I cannot tolerate his arrogant deceitful voice longer than 5 seconds. It is pure torture to have to listen to Hussein.
They have a state in Gaza. What have they done with it?
It's by design.
With all the financial and military aid the Palestinians have received, the only reason for their failure is them. You have to be a complete dumbass not to see it, and all our so-called "leaders" are blind to it.
how many chances are we supposed to give them?
They have had at least THREE chances to have their “state”- AT LEAST THREE— and they always refuse because the condition it peace with Israel....
only when people are willing to openly admit that radical muslims do not want two states as they are hell bent on the total annihilation of Israel, can the process proceed....
Jordan is arab palestine.
As for the arab west bank, there will never be an independent west bank. The longer we waste time trying to create something that will never be, the more people die and the more lives are wasted. The arab west bank has no future separate from Jordan. Gaza has no future separate from Egypt.
But Israel must not allow itself to be held hostage to a delusion. It must seal its borders, chooose them and seal them. It must not allow any entrance into Israel by land from the territories. It can not be the employer of first resort, or even last resort, for arabs living in the territories. Those people who believe arabs must be allowed to work in Israel are admitting what I’ve just said, that the territories can not be independent.
And they can’t. But they must not continue to be a cancer on Israel’s hide. Seal the border and let them be integrated into Jordan, or let them be Jordan’s cancer. Their choice.
The empty black(chocolate)suit overlooked that minor detail.
Yet those Jews keep supporting Obama al-Husseini.
That, my FRiend is the sad, unvarnished truth.
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