At last, Obama becomes first US president in history to take on Israel for its war crimes | |
Stand! User ID: 27950763 Canada 11/19/2012 07:33 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | CLEARLY EMBOLDENED by his recent electoral victory, Barack Obama has embarked on a radical and historic change of direction regarding America’s relationship with Israel. Quoting: Mordier L'eft During a state visit to Thailand this weekend, the president called on Israel to halt what he called a ‘gratuitous and murderous assault’ on the Gaza Strip. Obama dismissed Israel’s claims that it was acting in self-defence, and accused Israel of having deliberately provoked the latest confrontation, and engaging in the ‘collective punishment’ of a ‘defenceless’ civilian population. He rejected claims by the Israeli government that Palestinian civilian deaths were due to the use of ‘human shields’ by Hamas fighters. Though Obama condemned Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups for firing missiles at Israeli civilian targets, he placed primary responsibility for the conflict on Israel itself. ‘Given Israel’s continued domination of the Gaza Strip even after its 2005 disengagement, the idea it is acting out of self-defence is meaningless,’ the president declared. Obama insisted that the Palestinians of Gaza also had ‘a right to security, hope and human dignity’ and demanded that Israel immediately halt all military activities, end its economic blockade of the Gaza Strip, and enter into direct negotiations with Hamas under international supervision in order to bring about a ‘ a lasting cessation of hostilities’ as a precursor to a more permanent peace. For the first time in American history, Obama warned the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the US would halt all military and economic aid to Israel if it did not stop what he called its ‘unconscionable and gratuitous assault’ in Gaza. Wish he had said that though. Last Edited by SK~Recluse on 11/19/2012 07:34 PM |
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Mordier L'eft (OP) User ID: 28021884 Canada 11/19/2012 07:49 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Idk why i am thinking this but are we going to invade israel? Will this stop Russia,Iran and China from attacking? Kinda like telling our own to stfu? Quoting: Blackhawkie actually that will CAUSE Russia, Iran and China to attack. --"In this era of great big brains anything that can happen will. So hunker down." -- Kurt Vonnegut, JR. -- Galapagos. |
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