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Obama delivers calming message to Israel
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Published: 08.07.10, 23:29
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31. Trusting Obama...You MUST be kidding !
DT ,   TA Israel   (07.09.10)
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32. why would the name Hussein suspicious for Israelis?
observer   (07.09.10)
isn't that name both Sunni and Shiites?
33. Pathetic, his every action contradicts his "support" for Isr
Faruq   (07.09.10)
ael. Let it be know that neither Obama nor europe are friends of Israel.
34. Add another Name ...e.g. "Aaron" the Peace-maker.
Roland Seener ,   London England   (07.09.10)
35. ...on a second thought Obama may not be reelected......
Bloodyscot ,   Dallas, Texas   (07.09.10)
if Dems do well in Midterms, and even if the don't. Bush was an idiot but he was covered with lots of layers of smart people. Obama is a bigger idiot but he is out there exposed and naked every single day spewing nonsense to the American people and this will be his guaranteed downfall.
36. Israel falls for lies
Marcel ,   Florida   (07.09.10)
Look at how most of Israel fell for the Oslo, Road Map peace scam. It's no surpeise that everyone continues to BS Israel at every opportunity. Netanyahu promises more pain to Israle for the false peace so get ready for more lies.
37. Obama is so stupid he didn't realize he insulted Israelis
Yaniv ,   Israel   (07.09.10)
His suspicion that Israelis are suspicious of him because of his middle name is insinuating that Israelis are simple-minded, thus an insult to Israel. 70% of American Jews voted for him and all knew about his middle name. It is very clear that Obama looks down on people as being less smart than him.
38. Bloodyscot @ 8, there is some merit in your words. However,
leo ,   usa   (07.09.10)
I believe, if Obama will not turn economy around he is a goner and Obama will not fix economic problems if he will not stop hating capitalism.
39. @9, which state does not receive help? Why should Israel be
leo ,   usa   (07.09.10)
ashamed?
40. Matty Groves @ 10, why would anyone care whether American
leo ,   usa   (07.09.10)
President is Christian, Jew, Muslim or whatever? POTUS is very powerful figure, but without The House and Congress he cannot do anything. It is out skewed and politicized legislature that is real problem, not Obama's personal believes.
41. Obama is saying that Israelies are Racist???
Rosie   (07.09.10)
Why would Israelies be unhappy with Husain or outreach to Muslim world? Is he infering that Israelies are RACIST? No, Israelies are not upset for the STUPID reason he gave. They are unhappy with his policies and his ideology. Just because Obama selected Jews in his administration that does not prove one thing. The worest enemies of the Jewish people and the jewish nation are Jews.
42. Obama's Jews
Rosie   (07.09.10)
Obama neglected to say that in addition to his Jewish chief of staff and other Jewish advisors, the Jew that he loved & followed, was his SOCIALIST/Marxist mentor Saul Alinsky.
43. Obama delivers calming message to Israel
jacques ,   nsw   (07.09.10)
I wouldn't worry to much about Obama he is only one term president
44. Barack (derived from Arabic, Baraah) Hussein Obama may
Jehudah Ben-Israel ,   Qatzrin, Israel   (07.09.10)
or may not be a Muslim, but having "set under" the Rev. J. Wright for 20 full years, and befriending and collaborating with people such as Min. L. Farakhan, J. Jackson, Eduard Said and Rashid Khalidi gives a hint of where Obama's mind and heart really are. His on-going attempt to humiliate Israel's prime minister and questioning the legitimacy of Israel's existence as the nation-state of the Jewish people say it all about the real Mr. Barack/Barakah Hussein Obama.
45. response to 44
jimmy lee ,   canada   (07.09.10)
Israel Defence Chief is also called Barak.....Arabic, Baraah, ah. Whats in a name? I've heard people called jesus christ and they murder others. The issue of Rev. Wright was up during Obama's campaign, but he was elected. And, no need to mislead your readers unless u tell us where u read Obama questioning Israel's legitimacy.
46. Obama acted well, but he acted, that's all, and
Margie D. Silver ,   Atlanta, GA   (07.09.10)
this is not good enough for me as a Jew who voted for him. I shall not do so again, and in fact i shall not vote for Ms. Clinton either who stood by him while both demanded that that I, a Jewish woman, may not move into certain neighborhoods of Jerusalem. That felt like being a Jew in Atlanta 60 years ago. And since I am anti-racist I shall not vote for either one again.
47. His name is NOT the reason for lacking trust in him;
Jehudah ,   Israel   (07.09.10)
his exhibited attitude toward our elected officials, our courts and our history as Jews have amounted to feeling that his hostility toward us is deep rooted. We have many Muslims in Israel whom we trust. Some have even served in Israel's government, on Israel's courts and as officers in Israel's Defense Forces (IDF). Attempting to paint our lack of trust in him as some kind of racism is simply an attempt to divert attention from the real thing. And the real thing is that, symbolically, but with much meaning, he has instituted phrases as "the Israelis and Palestinians" instead of "Israel and the Palestinians"; or "two-state solution" instead of "two-states for two-peoples". When Obama accept Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people and after he admits it and apologize for that which he has caused with his hostile attitude toward Israel, including the rise of violence against Jews in this country and elsewhere, will more than 4% of Israel's Jews come around to support him, and with them American Jews as well.
48. Barak Hussein Obama thinks he's a Dali Lama. Barak Hussein
Obama. Mmm,mmm, ,   mmm.!!!   (07.09.10)
49. Hussein...it isnt your name! It is...
BJL ,   usa   (07.09.10)
Reverend Wright Bill Aryres Samatha Powers Kahlid Rashidi Bowing to the Saudi King Forcing Israel to give up Jerusalem Forcing Israel to give up Yehuda and Shomron Talking to Hamas Condeming Israel defense of the Floaterror into Gaza 400 million to Hamas Letting Iran get the nuke Snubbing Bibi in DC Face it Hussein, you're just an AntiJew!
50. And no wonder, for even Satan himself...
Archangel ,   Roma   (07.09.10)
masquerades as an angel of light. 2 Corinthians 11:14
51. # 9 How can America feel proud ?
(07.09.10)
Being trillions of dollars in debt and depending on Chinese loans to stay afloat.
52. #13 Comparing yourself to Bibi ?
Janice Cohen ,   ירושלים   (07.09.10)
You know damned well you wanted O to lay down the law to Bibi which he never did. Why can't you say what you mean, you whitewashed wall ?
53. LeBron James for President of USA...
Noodles ,   Coney Island   (07.09.10)
even though he did'nt come to my (once proud) Knickerbockers.
54. more aid than during any previous term
nicky ,   ger   (07.09.10)
Huge portions of this aid go back to the US via the military-industrial complex. More aid, more indirect subventions for american jobs? Beneficial for BHO's record, indeed (it's the economy...), and he likes to use it as a leverage to make Israel do whatever he pleases. He says: jump, you say: how high? (at least it seems to me like that). I suggest you free yourselves from the 'need' for US support, so that the Israeli gov't can feel free to decide what's good for Israel without having to consider any unacceptable outside influence, be it monetary aid, be it weapons deliveries. Both can be used as a diplomatic tool. Imho, this is the way to get rid of the risk of permanent intervention from the outside... do YOUR thing.
55. Fathers give calming message just before bedtime.
Ken Quinn ,   Amsterdam   (07.09.10)
56. A rather dubious scenario, Bloodyscot
Cameron ,   USA   (07.09.10)
I am more than content to let the antics & agenda of the Obama administration do their work in slowly, but steadily, tearing his hopes for reelection down. Like a ball rolling down a hill. Faster & faster. Be patient, and he will most certainly catch the US foot in the tail by 2012. Let time do it's work.
57. Putting up an act that is void of substance is just that, an
George Noy ,   New Jersey, U.S.A.   (07.09.10)
act which Obama performed in front of the TV camera assuming Jews in Israel and in the U.S. are stupid to realize that his hostile attitude toward Israel for more than a year will just disappear because of his charm, or rather his Charm Offensive.
58. SHAME SHAME SHAME
Michael Steiner ,   Bahrain   (07.09.10)
That Obama even has to THINK of making such an interview is disgraceful. Even if he himself came to lay bricks in the settlements to expand them, some people would keep insisting he's rabidly anti-Israel! Ridiculous. He has done a fairly decent job as the President, and his approach to the Middle Easter conflict has been relatively evenhanded. If anything, he should've put the screw on Netanyahu far more on some issues. His attempt of "outreach" to the Muslim world was misguided and foolish. The Muslim world has to grow up and undergo a process of secularization before it can be talked to and cooperated with. But anyway, it is mindboggling that the President of the United States of America felt compelled to practically grovel like this, and I say SHAME on those who relentlessly AND UNJUSTIFIABLY attack him. If he succeeds in reining in the dangerous settlement enterprise, he'll have done Israel a HUGE favor in the long term.
59. TO EVERYONE
just want to comment ,   usa/israel   (07.09.10)
Its time to put faith in the world, and to not be negative and pessimistic all the time. We need to believe that peace will be achieved and Israel will be around forever, and accepted by all. We need to believe that eventually there will be a safe Palestinian state that will be compatible with Israel. If we are negative all the time, and only think the worst, none of this will come true. Put faith in Obama and Netanyahu, we always dont agree with them, but they are running their respective countries, and Im sure none of us could.
60. The day after
Uzziel   (07.09.10)
midterm elections Hussein Ubama will start a fresh assault on Israel as never seen before along with the Europeans. The objective will be to annul Israel´s sovereignty and the target will be to impose a multinational presence in Jerusalem. American jews, yours is the next word.
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