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Obama urges new start with Muslims
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Published: 04.06.09, 13:18
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1. "tension "has been fed by colonialism..."
Rebecca ,   Modiin   (06.04.09)
where was Obama on 11th September when MUSLIM EXTREMISTS blew up the twin towers in New York. Tension has been fed by MUSLIMS. Was Obama really born yesterday?
2. apologize for dresden and hiroshima
(06.04.09)
3. Finally uncovered
Jackie ,   Florida   (06.04.09)
I watched the speech of TV. Hussein has finally been unmasked as the true Islamic he is. He has already started his job of destroying my country. Soon his aim of destroying the world as we know and love it will also be unmasked
4. B. Hussein applies all Islam's falsehoods called Al Takyia
Genuine Tosefta ,   Tveria   (06.04.09)
Islam is for tolerance and equality when they do not tolerate non-Muslims in F. Arbia and native Copts are persecuted in Egypt? Muslim women face unbelievable hurdles on their struggle for equality. Islam is a lightning rod of culture when they destroyed an immense wealth of cultures in the expansion path of the Caliphate? Negative stereotypes of Islam when 90% of armed conflicts in the world today involve at least one Muslim side and 60% have Muslims on both sides? Islam is the problem not the solution. If B. Hussein hopes to solve world's terrorism problems with the help of Islam them I have a bridge to sell you.
5. Will Odamnu Bring Peace ?
Marcel ,   Florida   (06.04.09)
"And I consider it part of my responsibility as president of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear," OdamnU is a 'good' Moslem' who will defend the dishonor of Islam. We know from the Bible that this wolf in sheeps costume will fail in his mission to divide up Israel to those he honors and DEFENDS !
6. look at you people...
ghostq   (06.04.09)
all of you r so "touched" by his speech, it is funny, he won't do anything except talking, hahahaha.
7. Obama speech to nowhere
Brod ,   USA   (06.04.09)
He can spew speeches over speeches on fantasyland. But they all exist in the world of fantasy. No human can change the darkened heart of violence, belligerence, aggression and terrorism that is ingrained in them by their religion. Ergo, his speech will not change the heart, mind and soul of the Islamist-Jihadists from hating Jews, Judeo-Christians and all non-Islamists. They can only change and become peace loving people when they KNOW the PRINCE OF PEACE AND THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. Until then, they will never change. They will continue to crusade their Jihadism/Terrorism to the non-Islamist world which they call Dar Al Harb (House of War) until they subdue, dominate and islamize it into Dar Al Islam (House of Islam) as commanded by their koranic god. They have been doing this since the sprouted like Locusts from the Bottomless Pit of the Arabian Desert in the 7th century. This the ultimate goal of Islam. Read "Islam and Terrorism" [2002] by Mark A. Gabriel, PhD.
8. PRESIDENT HUSSAIN OBAMA BIN LADEN
zionist forever   (06.04.09)
We know Americas new best friends are muslims and its greatest enemy is the jewish state which happens to be the enemy of the islamic world. First phone call after inaguration - Abbas First radio address - a muslim channel telling muslims how much America loves them. Visted Turkey and then called the EU to grant Turkey membership on the grounds it would be a goodwill gesture to the muslim wold. He has visited the whabis twice in 2 months .. no other president has visited a single country so many times in such a shhort time he also hasn't yet visited Israel. He looks for fights with Israel because each time he has a public disagreement with Israel it looks good in the islamic world. He has theatened to stop supporting Israel in the UN He has refused to sell Israel Apache helicopters but gave the go ahead for Egypt to buy some. His current visit to Egypt he cross the border into Israel even for a few hours when he was in the region. Saudi Arabia, Egypt .. snubbed Israel. He has sent numerous envoys to Israel demanding stop building everything from the building of settlements to private enterprise hotels in Jerusalem or pulling down illigal constructions. He has officially said he supports dividing Jerusalem other presidents have never endorsed anything like that only said we have to negotiate. Israel rejected the saudi plan in 2002 but Obama went to visit the whabis for his first visit came back and said that will now be part of Americas peace plan. He seems to be aranging everything behind closed doors with the muslims and then telling israel this is what we have agreed on your going to accept it. Obama needs to be remebered his muslim friends will only be his friends as long as it suits them but Israel has treated America as an ally and hellped out in various ways for decades. Turn on Israel and it will look for new friends. China & Russia are no longer the cold war enemy why would destroy Israel before it could say helllo. Today we do trade, we have 1 million Russians in Israel, if America makes an enemy of Israel then Israel will look elsewhere for allies even if America doesn't like it. We are already good friends with Inidia do trade, develop weapons ... it will take time.
9. all the negetive critics of obama
Dee ,   haifa   (06.04.09)
are the true peace hating people , these people will be seen clearly now and will be dealt with accordingly ......
10. Bless Obama ... As He is Wise
RJBH ,   Methil   (06.04.09)
11. Yes you can be a moron
Frank ,   Canada   (06.04.09)
Americans don't understand anything to Arabs and to the Arab world. Obama is a moron.
12. That's a lot of great talk Obama.
Noor ,   Palestine   (06.04.09)
When's the action coming? Actions speak louder than words, Mr. Pres.
13. damn the associated press and reuters
Mari   (06.04.09)
and to the stupid Israeli mainstream media which carry their own mortal enemies' words on their website - you are idiots, imbeciles.
14. HOLOCAUST vs BIBLICAL HISTORY
ANDREW ,   MIAMI,FL   (06.04.09)
this is israels biggest problem the world does not see our natural right be be in our natural home - who is buried at the cave of the partiarchs? hint: they are NOT Palis, Arabs, or Moslems the is vision of israel thorugh the prizm of the holocaust only feeds the notion that we are foreigners - we are not we are not occupiers in the places that our patriachs are buried
15. to #9 you neive,
ghostq   (06.04.09)
he is not doing it because he cares about ME. he is doing it to find quick solution to economical crisis that came as a result of the USA policy. more selfish reasons.
16. Zionist forever #8
Steve   (06.04.09)
You wrote: "Obama needs to remeber, his muslim friends will only be his friends as long as it suits them but Israel has treated America as an ally (lover?) and hellped out in various ways for decades...." You sound like a woman scorned by her lover; a jilted lover. I hope this is not what you are trying to convey. Is it?
17. Gloss
Lioness ,   Israel   (06.04.09)
To Barak Hussein Obama I will continue to live in the land that God gave to me. You will not get me out of it. Yesterday I was visiting Jerusalem I saw many young Moslems istting in the area I was sitting in enjoying themselves, eating and laughing. Jerusalem our eternal capital gives freedom to all religions, all peoples and freedom of worship.
18. To #1 and #2
Barbara ,   Haifa Israel   (06.04.09)
#1 NY Twin Towers 11.Sept.2001 One thing that I remember from this day and others after on the news - all the happiness on faces of Arabs everywhere. #2 Apologize for Dresden and Hiroshima - I say that Obama has to give back land to the American Indians before he can say to Israel - give back land.
19. no word about settlements; does Obama contradict himself?
observer   (06.04.09)
that "what is said behind closed doors should be the same outdoors" is his general wisdom. But, settlements' halt is something called the details and devil inhabits the details. "Israel's failure to compromise endangers the US security"; that's the unprecedented Obama's saying.
20. Obama's Speech Is No Enough
Abdel Karim Salim ,   Jerusalem - ISRAEL   (06.04.09)
Starting from post-1967 war up till now successive US presidents repeatedly commited themselves to bringing just & fair peace to the Middle East but to no avail . We, Arabs (especially Palestinians) were quite often sweettalked to by Yanks in an effort to make us live in illusion & self deception. Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter , Ronald Raegan, and George Bush senior ,all halfheartedly put up some efforts to bring long-lasting peace to this region in vain...We are not going to rely on words or promises no matter how sweet or reasonable they may seem to be unless we get concrete,tangible & quick results. Otherwise I feel no compunction at all to make it clear that plenty of us have already run put of patience & ideas as much as we have been driven to the incredibly-extreme far side of despair,despondence, & total hopelessness.And in such circumstances nobody should wonder or open the mouth in stunning astonishment when another "George Moore " & " Cleo Noel " get tortured & killed... US Charge d'Affaires was abducted & killed in Beirut,Lebanon, in summer 1976. The US embassy & US Marines H.Q. in Beirut,Lebanon, were blown up in 1983,& several US embassy staff were kidnapped & held hostage for long.Even in Saudi Arabia US Army barracks were blown up in 1986 . To sum up : despite the sweet talk US presidents use we see nothing but aggressive & imperialistic foreign policy... From now on we are not going to be duped... !
21. apologiser- in- cheif!
oded   (06.04.09)
how pathetic this man is.. but then again, what can be expected from a closet- moslem, who is a socialist at heart and a jew hater ni his mind?
22. obama peace mid east
rachel shore ,   israel   (06.04.09)
has america gone islam?
23. OBAMA'S SPEECH IN CAIRO
DAVID ,   HERZLIA,ISRAEL   (06.04.09)
WHAT IS EVERYONE COMPLAINIGN ABOUT?, OBAMA DID NOT SAY ANYTHING NEW, HE STATED THAT THE SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH ISRAEL IS UNBREAKABLE..WISH IS GOOD, AND THAT THE PALESTINIANS NEED A COUNTRY .... WHICH IS ALSO GOOD... FOR THE LAST 40 YEARS NOTHING CAME OUT OF ALL THE TALKS, AGREEMENTS, TREATIES ....WHATEVER... OSLO, WYE PLANTATION , ROAD MAP,ANNAPOLIS ETC ETC. WHY NOT GIVE OBAMA THE CHANCE TO CHANGE....... OCCUPATION IS NOT GOOD.. IT CREATED PROBLEM THAT WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT TO RESOLVE.... IT CREATED A HUGE GROUP OF EXTREMISTS.. JUST LOOK AT TODAYS NEWS REGARDING DEATH THREATS TO MAJOR GENERAL GADI SHAMNI, CENTRAL COMMAND CHIEF... THESE PEOPLE THINK THEY ARE GOD'S AGENTS ON EARTH AND IN HIS NAME THEY CAN COMMIT CRIMES, AND THREATEN PEOPLE WITH MURDER IF THEY DO NOT THINK LIKE THEY DO...... WHAT A MESS !!!!!!
24. Telling the truth
Alexandre Chinovich   (06.04.09)
Mr President calls for telling the truth and does the opposite. He dreams of the nuclear disarmament as if he does not understand that it brings the world closer to the new war. He speaks of the Palestinian refugees as if he does not know that they are hostages of the Arab regimes who could have absorbed them a long time ago. He discusses the advantages of democracy but first free elections in Egypt will make this country an enemy of the USA. And so on. What a brilliant and truthful speach!
25. Palestine is coming back
shlomo ,   Israel   (06.04.09)
so none of you actually agree on 2-state solution ? great !! and you were wondering why hamas was shooting missiles at us. come on , you cannot be that stupid, sooner or later the demography will hit us and the state of Israel will cease to exist, I think its time to be friendly to our neighbours and for once in our life stop killing them and playing the victim role. by the way , it was not the Palestinian nor Arabs who committed the holocaust
26. Obama's speech
montyzi ,   Tel Mond Israel   (06.04.09)
By placing the "suffering" of the Palestinians adjacent to the statements of the horrors of the Holocaust, Obama equates the two, which is exactly the technique used by the Palestinians, especially Hamas. This is distasteful and an indication of his sentiments. He displayed a great ignorance of history, despite his claims to be a student of history, whe he falied to recount that the Palestinian situation today is solely the out come of Israel's repeatedly successful defence against the Arab onslaughts which attempted to wipe Israel off the map, a desire of most Palestinians to this day. Moreover, his use of the term settlements indicates that he is unaware that the Palestinian leadership includes in this category parts of Jerusalem, annexed after the 6 day war such as Ramot, Gilo, Talpiot Mizrach, Pisgat Zeev, and sattelite cities of Jerusalem such as Givat Zeev, MaaleAdumim, and Gush Etzion. If he is aware of this, it further supports my belief that he would not shed a tear if Israel were to disappear as the Jewish Homeland
27. Homeland
lawrence ,   phila   (06.04.09)
Again history is forgotten. The arabs have a home land called Jordan. This is just another land grab by the arabs and obama is in full support of it.
28. Mr. Obama did just fine!
(06.04.09)
If you were listening you heard what you didn't want to hear which was the truth! He was fair and balanced regarding everyone.
29. wow #12 I can't believe I am saying that
ghostq   (06.04.09)
and hell isn't frozen, but I 100% agree. OMG this... what?
30. #8 abhorring Obama even before inaguration
observer   (06.04.09)
Yeshiva student stole Obama's Kotel note! since he is not Jewish, there is no violation of privacy as there would be for a Jewish person who places a note in the wall. Obama wrote: Dear God, Wow, what a trip this has been. Jerusalem has been great. I really love what you’ve done with the place. Everybody’s really nice, except that loudmouth right behind me who’s yelling “Obama, Jerusalem is not for sale.” I don’t even know what that means. I don’t blame you, though.
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