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Obama's silence on Gaza angers Arabs
Rediff ^ | 31 Dec. 2008 | Rediff

Posted on 12/30/2008 11:37:14 PM PST by MyTwoCopperCoins

Arabs, mainly immigrants from Palestine, are expressing their frustration and anger over President-elect Barack Obama's silence over Israeli strikes on Gaza Strip and asserting that this shows that there would be little change in the pro-Tel Aviv policies of the US.

In television interviews, they did not buy Obama's argument that there is only one president at a time, pointing out that he had been speaking about what he would do about economy and on terrorist attacks on Mumbai.

But analysts say that the comparison with Mumbai attacks is not correct as currently diplomatic efforts are being made to pacify the situation and bring about a ceasefire. Obama's intervention, they say, would not be correct. Mumbai was different as it was attacked by terrorists, they point out.

Obama's victory in the presidential elections was hailed in the Arab world but several protesters said the perception might change now.

Hundreds of Arab shouting anti-Israeli slogans and pro-Israeli protesters faced off each other in counter demonstrations yesterday outside the Israeli Consulate in New York over Tel Aviv's air strikes on Gaza and, what the Arabs called, its attempts to starve Gaza.

Police put up barricades to keep them apart as Arabs protesters called for freeing Palestine and at least one banner read 'The Real Terrorists are US-Israeli War Machine.'

A smaller group on the other side of the street defended the bombing of the Hamas-ruled Gaza, arguing that every country has the right to defend itself.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Egypt; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: arab; bhomiddleeast; egypt; fatah; gaza; hamas; iran; islam; israel; jihad; mohammedanism122008; muslim; obama; obamaspals; obamatransitionfile; sinai; stealthjihad; waronterror
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To: Allegra

Supporters of the hard-line faction of Kashmir's All Parties Hurriyat (Freedom) Conference (APHC), shout slogans during a protest against the Israeli military strikes on the Gaza Strip, in Srinagar December 31, 2008.

A member of hardliner Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) holds up an anti-Israel banner during a protest against Israel's air offensive in the Gaza Strip, in front of U.S. embassy, in Jakarta December 31, 2008. A militant Muslim group in Indonesia said on Monday it plans to recruit as many as 1,000 volunteers to fight in the Gaza Strip in response to Israeli air strikes that have killed more than 300 Palestinians.

41 posted on 12/31/2008 2:30:42 AM PST by maggief
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To: maggief

Arab-American demonstrators hold a sign in Dearborn, Michigan, December 30, 2008 as they join hundreds of others to protest against the Israeli military strikes on the Gaza Strip.

42 posted on 12/31/2008 2:34:20 AM PST by maggief
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To: Paladin2

LOL!


43 posted on 12/31/2008 2:49:04 AM PST by Proud_USA_Republican (We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. - Hillary Clinton)
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To: Dustbunny
There was a Hamas spokesman being interviewed on NPR the other day. He said that Hamas was not responsible for the rocket attacks on Israel. The attacks were probably from Israeli sympathizers trying to frame Hamas.
44 posted on 12/31/2008 2:50:25 AM PST by Mark was here (The earth is bipolar.)
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To: beckysueb

That’s not a woman. It’s an emo.


45 posted on 12/31/2008 2:59:13 AM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ("Don't touch that thing! I'm a doctor, and I won't touch that thing!)
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To: MyTwoCopperCoins

He will hide for the next four years.


46 posted on 12/31/2008 3:03:01 AM PST by bmwcyle (McCain had no honor when he failed to defend Sarah Palin, Leno was not enough)
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To: MyTwoCopperCoins

Now Obama is throwing entire constituents under the bus. Awesome.

47 posted on 12/31/2008 4:11:29 AM PST by Leisler
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To: kcvl

Is that Bill Ayers holding the large white sign in post #8


48 posted on 12/31/2008 4:11:42 AM PST by Carley
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To: beckysueb

That is a teenage boy doing a well known U-Tube video saying ‘let Brittany alone’, referring to criticism of Brittany Spears. It is posted as a picture of a crybaby.


49 posted on 12/31/2008 4:11:52 AM PST by Lucius Cornelius Sulla (Just because I am an Oogedy-Boogedy kind of guy!)
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To: beaversmom

True, there is only one president at a time. But he needn’t speak out as President or even as President-Select.

He could speak out as Messiah, The One, The Benificent. That’s what’s really got the Palestinians upset. Here the Messiah has come and he won’t come to their aid.

He doesn’t have to be inaugurated as President in order to begin his Messiahship. Messiahs are always already Messiahs.

And Messiahs can walk and chew gum at the same time, so solving the Gaza crisis while playing golf ought to be a snap for The One.


50 posted on 12/31/2008 4:59:49 AM PST by Houghton M.
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To: MyTwoCopperCoins

An angry Arab? Stop the presses!


51 posted on 12/31/2008 5:03:25 AM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: MyTwoCopperCoins

The bad news ... they criticized Bush for the same thing eight years ago. Bush also wanted to ignore the Middle East, and he was not permitted to do so.


52 posted on 12/31/2008 5:13:03 AM PST by MathDoc (Don't blame me, I voted for Governor Palin and the wrinkly white-haired guy)
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To: kcvl

Especially ironic is “This Jew Demands No US Aid to Israel”. Clearly these nice Jewish ladies have just been to Starbucks...maybe they are putting something in the coffee.


53 posted on 12/31/2008 5:22:44 AM PST by Sender (Never lose your ignorance; you can never regain it!)
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To: beaversmom

You got that right. He isnt answering because he doesnt know what to say.

He doesnt know Poop from Shinola.


54 posted on 12/31/2008 5:26:21 AM PST by Venturer
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To: Forward the Light Brigade

I wish I had something hopeful to say about where America is and where I see it going, but I don’t, so I won’t. I’m saying goodnight to a pretty cruddy year with the almost sure knowledge that 2009 will be quite a bit worse. C’est la frickin’ vie.


55 posted on 12/31/2008 6:15:06 AM PST by Attention Surplus Disorder (Our government is an edifice of artifice.)
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To: Attention Surplus Disorder

I’m hoping that 2009 will be better for my family. We both lost our jobs and can’t find a thing—why? because we can’t speak Spanish. Something will happen—that’s for sure.


56 posted on 12/31/2008 10:03:26 AM PST by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll)
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To: MyTwoCopperCoins

He wasn’t silent, didn’t they hear him?
“PRESENT”


57 posted on 12/31/2008 1:03:19 PM PST by mojitojoe
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To: MyTwoCopperCoins

Best check change.gov


58 posted on 12/31/2008 1:09:21 PM PST by RightWhale (We were so young two years ago and the DJIA was 12,000)
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