Obama on Why the US Has Not Condemned Israel’s Human Rights Violations against the Occupied Palestinian People

Obama on Why the US Has Not Condemned Israel’s Human Rights Violations against the Occupied Palestinian People

by Kim Petersen / February 1st, 2010 (7)

A question was posed to US president Barack Obama at a town hall meeting in Tampa, Florida on 28 January. Obama took this as an opportunity to “talk about the Middle East generally.”

Obama: Israel is one of our strongest allies.

Would one’s strongest allies coax it into the quagmire of aggression and occupation? The US faces stiff resistance in Iraq; nonetheless, Israeli hawks encourage military action against Iran.

Obama: It is a vibrant democracy.

For who? Not for all its citizens. This is made clear by Israeli professor Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi….
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