Posted on 06/02/2009 7:14:48 PM PDT by markomalley
The US president has said that his country's relationship with Israel means he has to be "honest" with the country over such controversial issues such as settlements and their obstruction to peace.
Barack Obama told NPR, a US radio network, in advance of his trip to the Middle East that he wanted to see a "new dialogue" in the region in order to forge a solution to the Middle East conflict.
"I think there have been times where we are not as honest as we should be about the fact that the current direction, the current trajectory, in the region is profoundly negative, not only for Israeli interests but also US interests," he said.
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Obama reiterated his call for Israel to stop settlement construction after talks last week with Abbas in Washington, one of the most contentious issues in the Middle East conflict.
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bama said he was "a strong believer in a two-state solution" to the Middle East conflict.
His comments followed earlier statements from Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, who said Obama had made his position "very clear" to Netanyahu during their talks that settlement construction had to stop.
Israel has rebuffed such urges, with Mark Regev, spokesman for the Israeli government, saying that "normal life" would be allowed in settlements in the occupied West Bank, in effect meaning construction would continue to accommodate population growth.
(Excerpt) Read more at english.aljazeera.net ...
Didn't the majority of Israelis support Ø in the last election?
Accordingly, when is Barry going to be “honest” with the Arab-Muslim world, more exactly, Abbas, and their continued “obstruction to peace”?
Ping me when he does, kkthx.
When Al Jazeera starts being honest with Middle Easterners, I’ll start to worry how honest we’re being with Israel (in about 30 years).
How about an up date on zer0 being honest
That will work too.
The Obamaloon administration? Honest? Bwahahahahahah!
If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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No, though I can't see what possible difference that makes in formulating foreign policy.
BTTT
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