Israel: World misunderstanding Obama

[Barack_America]

Source: PressTV

In an attempt to shrug off raising questions over Israeli foreign minister's remarks in denial of Annapolis peace process, his deputy claims the US has shelved the process as well.

In an address to the world's Muslim from Turkey, US President Barack Obama highlighted his determination to push ahead with a two-state solution -- in clear contrast with remarks by the hawkish Israeli foreign minister.

However on Friday, Israel's Deputy Foreign Minister Daniel Ayalon made an effort to whitewash the picture, saying Obama's speech in Turkey earlier did not include any support for the Annapolis peace process, claiming that reports to the contrary were misunderstanding of the US president's speech.

Ayalon rejected interpolations that the US president's reference to 2007 talks was a warning against the radical policies of ultra rightist Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government, or against Lieberman's statement.


Read more: http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=91032§ionid=351020202

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Related story:

Deputy FM: Obama's Ankara speech did not favor Annapolis

Deputy Foreign Minister Daniel Ayalon (Yisrael Beiteinu) said Friday that U.S. President Barack Obama's speech in Turkey earlier this week did not include any support for the Annapolis peace process, Army Radio reported.

Ayalon denounced calls which interpreted Obama's reference to the Israeli-Palestinian negotiation launched in Annapolis in 2007 as a warning against the policies of Israel's government, led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and against Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman's statement that the new government was not bound by Annapolis understandings.

Speaking before the Turkish parliament on Monday, Obama said that he will "actively pursue" a two-state solution in the Middle East and reiterated the U.S. commitment to the Annapolis process.

For his part, Ayalon said that "Anyone who bothered to pay close attention could see that Obama said nothing in favor of Annapolis."...

More:
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1077665.html


This is the latest in the increasingly tense relationship between Netanyahu's new government and the Obama administration.

Backstory:

With ‘Annapolis,’ a Warning to Israel

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/09/us/politics/09web-cooper.html?hp

Obama team readying for confrontation with Netanyahu

http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1077222.html


I wonder how Ayalon's attempt to re-frame President Obama's message will go over with the White House?

My guess? Not well.


Edited to add text from Haaretz article, which corroborates the PressTV article.

[Turborama]

1. Re: how this will go over?

From what I've seen, he doesn't suffer fools gladly.

[cali]

2. PressTV is not a news source. it's simply propaganda

think of it as analogous to a White House Press release under bushco.

[Barack_America]

3. That's why I also provided the Haaretz article.

There is more than one source for the comments.

[cali]

4. I understand, but why use propaganda as a source?

[Barack_America]

5. It was the most recent of the two.

And neither are exactly "unbiased".

I also favored the PressTV title and thought it to be more to the point.

This is the final paragraph of the Haaretz article:

"The deputy minister added that he "met American officials on Tuesday night, and things aren't quite the way they are portrayed in the newspaper articles, and I think that the Americans noticed the substantial statements made by Lieberman in his inauguration speech, according to which Israel was committed to all the previously ratified agreements, including the Road Map."

I think the PressTV title summarizes that conclusion better than Haaretz's title does.

[cali]

7. I think using a propaganda source is a poor idea

and Ha'aretz is indeed unbiased. You must not be very familiar with it or who they print.

[Barack_America]

8. And I believe there is bias in all media.

If you read both articles, the PressTV article says nothing that the Haaretz article says.

I would not have posted the PressTV if the case had been otherwise. Haaretz also seems to be having website issues today as it is taking me several minutes at times to pull up their site. This is not the case with the PressTV article. So I edited the OP to include text from the Haaretz article so people can read it without having to wait for the site to load.

I see no problem with linking two articles that say the same thing.

[ardvark]

6. I dont think we need Israel to serve as our country's interpretter

but thanks for volunteering, Israel