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If American election campaign funders who support Israel right or wrong formed a circle and demanded that President Obama stand naked in the middle of it while they sang Hava Nagila ("Let us rejoice"), I am sure he would agree to do so. That thought came into my mind when I read the Reuters' report, published in Ha'aretz, of what Obama said to a group of fundraisers in the Manhattan home of Jack Rosen, chairman of the American Jewish Congress.
In Mumbai President Obama was asked by an Indian student for his "take or opinion on jihad". He began his answer with the observation that "the phrase jihad has a lot of meanings within Islam and is subject to a lot of different interpretations." In its report of the discussion, The New York Times noted that Obama "carefully avoided saying that he was opposed to jihad". (I ask - How could he be opposed if he is aware of its two real and true meanings in Islam? The Greater jihad is the inner struggle for self-improvement to become a good Muslim. The Lesser jihad is struggle against oppression - oppression as in Israel’s occupation and treatment of the Palestinians, for example).
Paul J. Balles argues that, faced with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's absolutism, US President Barack Obama's natural tendency to compromise is untenable and renders him weak and ineffectual.
When I was reflecting on Netanyahu's domination and control of the Congress of the United States of America, the first headline that came into my mind for this article was Goodbye to peace. I'll now explain why I think the headline above is more appropriate.
In a certain sense, the Obama administration's decision to withhold much of the $1.3 billion in annual aid given to Egypt isn't surprising.
Dear President Obama, A photo op this week with Netanyahu and Abbas is no disguise for the fact that on the matter of getting a real peace process going in the Middle East, "Yes, we can" has become "No, we can't".
Just as the opposition to the so-called Ground Zero mosque was beginning to dissipate, it got a new boost. Some Democratic politicians who saw themselves in tight races climbed on board, albeit often with a less virulent tone than their Republican opponents. The major factor in the renewed life given to this intolerance, however, was the backtracking by President Barack Obama.
Those of us who are associated with the truth of history as it relates to the making and sustaining of the conflict in and over Palestine that became Israel, and who call for justice for the Palestinians, now have reason to say "Thank you" to President Obama.
The headline over a recent op-ed article in the New York Times by Rashid Khalidi was "Is Any Hope Left for Mideast Peace?" The answer to that question might or might not be clear beyond dispute when the curtain comes down on President Obama's performance in Israel-Palestine. (He'll be on stage there on Wednesday for two days, mainly, it seems, to tell Israeli Jews what they want to hear, not what they need to hear).
There was one way in which President Obama's escalation speech brought significant relief to the 59% of people in this country, as well as the overwhelming majorities of people in Afghanistan, Pakistan, the Middle East and elsewhere who oppose the U.S. war in Afghanistan: It was a pretty lousy speech.
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