Obama Calls Mideast Leaders
Wednesday, January 21, 2009 at 12:36 pm
Speaking of returning the United States to an active role in Arab-Israeli peace processing, here’s a statement just issued by new White House press secretary Robert Gibbs:
“This morning, the President placed phone calls to four Middle Eastern leaders: President Mubarak of Egypt, Prime Minister Olmert of Israel, King Abdullah of Jordan, and President Abbas of the Palestinian Authority. He used this opportunity on his first day in office to communicate his commitment to active engagement in pursuit of Arab-Israeli peace from the beginning of his term, and to express his hope for their continued cooperation and leadership. In the aftermath of the Gaza conflict, he emphasized his determination to work to help consolidate the ceasefire by establishing an effective anti-smuggling regime to prevent Hamas from rearming, and facilitating in partnership with the Palestinian Authority a major reconstruction effort for Palestinians in Gaza. He pledged that the United States would do its part to make these efforts successful, working closely with the international community and these partners as they fulfill their responsibilities as well. The President appreciated the spirit of partnership and warm nature of these calls.”
Who knows what will come of this, but it appears to be a fairly clear signal that the new administration intends to actively engage in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process from the very beginning. It’ll be interesting to see what a “major reconstruction effort” for Gaza will mean, especially if it’s implemented by a Fatah-controlled Palestinian Authority that isn’t in control of the Gaza strip.
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Comment posted January 24, 2009 @ 9:51 am
Israel is going to face more opposition in the USA and around the world. There are many writer especially writer from American Jewish communities are critical of the Israel policy toward Palestinians. As you said below:
“But when Israel responded to months of daily rocket fire with its campaign in Gaza, the usual crowd of unthinking critics immediately denounced the move as the moral equivalent of a war crime. They argued that Israel’s response was out of proportion to the Hamas provocation. One wonders if they would say the same thing if they were on the firing line in southern Israel.”
The truths are that the Israel owns foreign policies are wrong in the Middle East, EU, world at large and America. They are not careful who they are supporting and who are allied with.
They are an ally of Turks of Turkey whom committed Genocides against the millions of Christians’, Armenian, Greek and now Kurds. All these communities do have educated people in America and EU; they are going to write about the Israel unjust practice in the media.
The writing will mobilize the public opinions against Israel. Israel is not that strong to fight for long time. When the US Government under the pressure of the public opinions’ is going to stop helping Israel; the Turks of Turkey will be the first to attack them with the Arabs.
We at the “Jaff Sassani organizations” were pointing out to Israel and Jewish people what are the future could be for them. We are an Iranian people with historical relationship to Israel and Jewish people for over three thousand years now. We are captive by the Arab imperialist Islamic ideologies; and their agent the Arab origin “Sayyied families in Iran” whom they are running our country using Islam as a tool to control our people in Iran. We are asking Israel and Jewish people to help us a friend because we helped them when they are used to be captive. But they are not helping us because we do not have money and control of our wealth in Iran. But they are Turks of Turkey because they are killing our Eryan or Aryan Kurds and taking tour wealth and pay Israel and Jewish lobbyist percentage of that wealth.
Israel and Jewish people should wake up and correct the wrong doing against other nations. The wrong policy will hunt them in the future. Look at the USA and learn the listen.
The USA was very popular and respectable around the world before. But because of the Bush administrations’ bad treatment of other nations around the world; even the Europeans’ ally do not like them any more.
Comment posted January 24, 2009 @ 10:06 am
Mr. President Obama treat us Iranian Like European’s people
The Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and the Al-Qaida terrorist organizations are challenging the US Government influence in the Muslim world. They are not going to negotiate with the US Government for any peaceful settlement. Their goals are clear. They are trying to bleed the US Government financially first and then militarily later.
The Bush administrations’ was very helpful to IRI and Al-Qaida because of their own wrong policy of helping corrupt politicians and dictators of Muslim world.
Mr. President Obama; we hope you are going to change your policy now before it is too late. You have golden opportunity to save the interest of American people in the Muslim world. We hope that you are going to treat us “the Eryan or Iranian or Aryan people” like the US government treated the people of the Western Europe after World War II.
Comment posted January 24, 2009 @ 5:51 pm
Israel is going to face more opposition in the USA and around the world. There are many writer especially writer from American Jewish communities are critical of the Israel policy toward Palestinians. As you said below:
“But when Israel responded to months of daily rocket fire with its campaign in Gaza, the usual crowd of unthinking critics immediately denounced the move as the moral equivalent of a war crime. They argued that Israel’s response was out of proportion to the Hamas provocation. One wonders if they would say the same thing if they were on the firing line in southern Israel.”
The truths are that the Israel owns foreign policies are wrong in the Middle East, EU, world at large and America. They are not careful who they are supporting and who are allied with.
They are an ally of Turks of Turkey whom committed Genocides against the millions of Christians’, Armenian, Greek and now Kurds. All these communities do have educated people in America and EU; they are going to write about the Israel unjust practice in the media.
The writing will mobilize the public opinions against Israel. Israel is not that strong to fight for long time. When the US Government under the pressure of the public opinions’ is going to stop helping Israel; the Turks of Turkey will be the first to attack them with the Arabs.
We at the “Jaff Sassani organizations” were pointing out to Israel and Jewish people what are the future could be for them. We are an Iranian people with historical relationship to Israel and Jewish people for over three thousand years now. We are captive by the Arab imperialist Islamic ideologies; and their agent the Arab origin “Sayyied families in Iran” whom they are running our country using Islam as a tool to control our people in Iran. We are asking Israel and Jewish people to help us a friend because we helped them when they are used to be captive. But they are not helping us because we do not have money and control of our wealth in Iran. But they are Turks of Turkey because they are killing our Eryan or Aryan Kurds and taking tour wealth and pay Israel and Jewish lobbyist percentage of that wealth.
Israel and Jewish people should wake up and correct the wrong doing against other nations. The wrong policy will hunt them in the future. Look at the USA and learn the listen.
The USA was very popular and respectable around the world before. But because of the Bush administrations’ bad treatment of other nations around the world; even the Europeans’ ally do not like them any more.
Comment posted January 24, 2009 @ 6:06 pm
Mr. President Obama treat us Iranian Like European’s people
The Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and the Al-Qaida terrorist organizations are challenging the US Government influence in the Muslim world. They are not going to negotiate with the US Government for any peaceful settlement. Their goals are clear. They are trying to bleed the US Government financially first and then militarily later.
The Bush administrations’ was very helpful to IRI and Al-Qaida because of their own wrong policy of helping corrupt politicians and dictators of Muslim world.
Mr. President Obama; we hope you are going to change your policy now before it is too late. You have golden opportunity to save the interest of American people in the Muslim world. We hope that you are going to treat us “the Eryan or Iranian or Aryan people” like the US government treated the people of the Western Europe after World War II.
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