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Obama Criticizes Israel over Gaza: ‘Don’t Harden Palestinian Attitudes for Generations’
Breitbart ^ | 23 Oct 2023 | JOEL B. POLLAK

Posted on 10/23/2023 7:04:17 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

Former President Barack Obama originally said Israel should “dismantle” Hamas, but has now criticized Israel for the way it is “dismantling” the Palestinian terror organization.

In a statement Monday, Obama wrote:

As I stated in an earlier post, Israel has a right to defend its citizens against such wanton violence, and I fully support President Biden’s call for the United States to support our long-time ally in going after Hamas, dismantling its military capabilities, and facilitating the safe return of hundreds of hostages to their families.

But even as we support Israel, we should also be clear that how Israel prosecutes this fight against Hamas matters.

Still, the world is watching closely as events in the region unfold, and any Israeli military strategy that ignores the human costs could ultimately backfire. Already, thousands of Palestinians have been killed in the bombing of Gaza, many of them children. Hundreds of thousands have been forced from their homes. The Israeli government’s decision to cut off food, water and electricity to a captive civilian population threatens not only to worsen a growing humanitarian crisis; it could further harden Palestinian attitudes for generations, erode global support for Israel, play into the hands of Israel’s enemies, and undermine long term efforts to achieve peace and stability in the region.

A siege of Gaza would be lawful under international law, as an expert recently noted. Moreover, as Israel’s ceremonial president, Isaac Herzog, has noted, Gaza only obtains 7% of its water from Israel in any case.

Obama ignored Israel’s long record as one of the best, if not the best, countries in the world in upholding human rights and international humanitarian law in war against a ruthless, terrorist enemy.

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To: E. Pluribus Unum

What happened to the chef Obama?


41 posted on 10/23/2023 7:47:00 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: Dave911

Obama keeps pegging my BS meter. I’ll have to start buying replacements by the dozen.


42 posted on 10/23/2023 7:47:14 PM PDT by Chad C. Mulligan
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Israel always fights back ten-fold.


43 posted on 10/23/2023 7:50:35 PM PDT by Aquamarine (“Trump's Trials Don't Interrupt His Campaign—They Are His Campaign.”)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Obama, do you have ANY idea what you have done to my attitude? Oh man....
44 posted on 10/23/2023 7:53:18 PM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The Bible is the only explanation for “Israel”.

It accurately predicted, over 2000 years ago, the rebirth of a nation against all odds. It also predicted that its neighbors would be full of hate and that Israel would be a thorn that consumed them.

If you know anything about history and geopolitics the year 1948 should never have happened. It remains one of the most unlikely events in human history, but it happened just as it was foretold.

Israel remains the biggest thorn in the Middle East just as it says and no man, president, diplomat, or prime minister will change the design of God.

Israel’s enemies will come against her and God will smite them before his son returns just as it says.

It’s all right there in the Word and while none of us know the date or time it will happen, the final stage is being set before our eyes.


45 posted on 10/23/2023 7:54:21 PM PDT by volunbeer (We are living 2nd Thessalonians)
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46 posted on 10/23/2023 7:54:43 PM PDT by musicman (The future is just a collection of successive nows.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

FO jug ears you ain’t in charge.


47 posted on 10/23/2023 7:56:39 PM PDT by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
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48 posted on 10/23/2023 8:00:07 PM PDT by Paal Gulli
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“it could further harden Palestinian attitudes for generations”

Of yeah, they could go from wanting to kill every Jew on the planet to having a really bad attitude.


49 posted on 10/23/2023 8:00:20 PM PDT by EastTexasTraveler
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

50 posted on 10/23/2023 8:01:59 PM PDT by PROCON (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...

Ironic, since Obama’s attacks on America have done the same thing.


51 posted on 10/23/2023 8:04:27 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

STFU, Barry. And take Big Mike with you.


52 posted on 10/23/2023 8:07:13 PM PDT by Murder of Crows
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To: mass55th

Well spoken and dead accurate. A fake as hell Hague Court “case” that defied all prior international law— the Shah overthrown paid for weapons that could not be delivered to him. So the US escrowed the money— no thanks to Jimmah Cahtah the moron who got 400 plus hostages taken by the Khomeini et al.

Obamaumao tried to sell the “court case” order as the manner in which this money “had to be returned”— which was totally false. See: the US did not pay back the French government of the French Revolution, because that war debt was to the King and royalty they beheaded. We never paid them a centime more.

Further, obamaumao got a piece of the entirely CASH transaction (C-17 loaded with US cash, stopped in Geneva to load up on French/Swiss Francs etc- cash only (no bullion)—absolutely disgusting, and obamaumao and his pals got a skim off it.


53 posted on 10/23/2023 8:07:17 PM PDT by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Do you think he worries about Israelis having “hardening positions” against Palestinians?


54 posted on 10/23/2023 8:08:07 PM PDT by LizzieD
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To: mass55th

Bingo.


55 posted on 10/23/2023 8:10:12 PM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Too late Osama. Go back to being gay


56 posted on 10/23/2023 8:10:29 PM PDT by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Reams of dead Israelis and he is more concerned about the poor little feelings of the murderous cowards that murdered the Israelis? Wow- that is really as low as one can get!


57 posted on 10/23/2023 8:12:45 PM PDT by Bob434
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‘Don’t Harden Palestinian Attitudes for Generations’

Did Biden have a grandpa from Germany telling Jews to get on the train lest the Nazis get mad at them?

58 posted on 10/23/2023 8:15:20 PM PDT by AndyTheBear (Certified smarter than average for my species)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Its now hard to tell the difference between Obama and Crazy Liz.


59 posted on 10/23/2023 8:15:54 PM PDT by Zathras
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Yeah, because Hamas hasn’t done anything to “harden Israeli attitudes” or anything, right Barry?


60 posted on 10/23/2023 8:18:38 PM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell>)
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