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Israel/Palestine

DonViejo

(60,536 posts)

26. PBO is late to the dance? ...

Reply to R. Daneel Olivaw (Reply #13)

Wed Jan 16, 2013, 07:35 PM

Jan 2013

How so? The excerpt you posted reports:

"Obama, since his time in the Senate, has been consistent in his analysis of Israel’s underlying challenge: If it doesn’t disentangle itself from the lives of West Bank Palestinians, the world will one day decide it is behaving as an apartheid state."

U.S. Senator Obama was a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Are you suggesting Senator Obama did not make that statement to Israeli representatives meeting with the FRC? Or in his private meetings as President, he has not said these things to Bibi, his predecessors or Israeli Cabinet members?

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Imagine if Netanyahu had said this about Obama or The US oberliner Jan 2013 #1

Well ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2013 #4

Like when they tried to get Romney elected? Spare us the pity party for Likudville. geek tragedy Jan 2013 #10

This is the kind of BS I'm talking about oberliner Jan 2013 #15

You conveniently ignore Bibi publicy bashing Obama right geek tragedy Jan 2013 #16

Chuck Schumer warned Netanyahu about this interference last fall. geek tragedy Jan 2013 #17

Yeah, but if you can just ignore those stubborn facts then it's R. Daneel Olivaw Jan 2013 #18

I'm not sure how Bibi would say such a thing since both the USA and PBO R. Daneel Olivaw Jan 2013 #11

Howls of protest or not, what Obama said is accurate. Pirate Smile Jan 2013 #29

He's RIGHT. elleng Jan 2013 #2

Actually, the majority of Israelis have, and the number is growing kysrsoze Jan 2013 #9

It doesn't look like that will be the case. R. Daneel Olivaw Jan 2013 #12

Yes, Obama is right & watching Bibi & the ever-more-RW-turn in Israel is horrifying. Pirate Smile Jan 2013 #28

Wouldn't this be true anytime a US President disagrees with certain actions of the Israeli JoePhilly Jan 2013 #3

I don't think ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2013 #5

So the real question would be whether the Israel govenment sees a 2 state solution as in their JoePhilly Jan 2013 #6

From where I sit ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2013 #7

Totally. delrem Jan 2013 #14

With the Israeli hawks trying to get in to power R. Daneel Olivaw Jan 2013 #19

It doesn't look good. And 100 years seems very optimistic. nt delrem Jan 2013 #20

The last one starting around 1948. R. Daneel Olivaw Jan 2013 #21

OK nt delrem Jan 2013 #22

article title sounds like yet another loose interpretation azurnoir Jan 2013 #8

From the article. R. Daneel Olivaw Jan 2013 #13

PBO is late to the dance? ... DonViejo Jan 2013 #26

Re read what I have wrote. PBO is speaking in a future tense. R. Daneel Olivaw Jan 2013 #27

Israeli reactions azurnoir Jan 2013 #23

Bless Sheldon Adelson’s blackened little heart. R. Daneel Olivaw Jan 2013 #24

Netanyahu Issues Veiled Barb in Response to Reported Criticism From Obama Eugene Jan 2013 #25

Two Questions oberliner Jan 2013 #30

1. Yes. 2. Does this count as on the record? It was said privately, not publicly. Pirate Smile Jan 2013 #31

There's a common misperception WRT settlement growth.... shira Jan 2013 #32

West bank land under Israeli control. R. Daneel Olivaw Jan 2013 #33

First of all... LeftishBrit Jan 2013 #34