President Barack Obama is finishing a triumphant trip to the Middle East, having visited Israel, the West Bank, and Jordan, and making clear the following:
America will continue to be backing Israel in any threat from any source, including Iran.
The only way to ultimate peace and tranquility is for there to be a Palestinian state alongside Israel, with both accepting the reality of a moderate government that respects the rights of both nations, and gives opportunity to young Palestinians and young Israelis for a future secure and prosperous existence.
Obama was able to convince Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel to apologize to Turkey for an unfortunate naval incident in 2010, therefore helping to restore good relations between the two nations, an important development for Middle East stability.
It is clear that a large portion of the Israeli people, particularly the young, admire Obama, based on the reception he received in his most important speech, one of the greatest of the Obama Presidency. The government of Netanyahu is, clearly, more hawkish than the general Israeli population, but Ohama is working on him to promote hopes for a peaceful resolution, ultimately, of the Middle East conflict!
Barack Obama knows that Netanyahu must deal with him, and Obama now has the upper hand, but with the assurance that America will act, if need be, against an Iranian nuclear threat!
Obama to Israel: “I genuinely believe that you do have a true partner in President Abbas and Prime Minister Fayyad.”
President Abbas to media: “As far as I am concerned, there is no difference between our policies and those of Hamas.” ( http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/7092.htm)
Hamas leader Khaled Mash’al, from a speech delivered on December 7, 2012:
“First of all, Palestine – from the [Jordan] River to the [Mediterranean] Sea, from its north to its south – is our land, our right, and our homeland. There will be no relinquishing or forsaking even an inch or small part of it… since Palestine belongs to us, and is the land of Arabism and Islam, we must never recognize the legitimacy of the Israeli occupation of it.
Jihad and armed resistance are the proper and true path to liberation and to the restoration of our rights… The true statesman is born from the womb of the rifle and the missile.”
Hamas Prime Minister Isma’il Haniya, from a speech delivered on February 4, 2013:
” Gaza was strong, and for the first time, the resistance shelled occupied Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Herzliya; and for the first time, two million Israelis were underground and five million experienced the supremacy of the missiles, and the occupation asked for a ceasefire… The day will soon come when you will find no remnant of the occupation in the land of Palestine – all of Palestine.
We will not relinquish the right of return to Palestine; anyone who does is not one of us, and not part of us. I say that I am from Ashkelon – Ashkelon is my city, and to it I shall return.”
Hamas’s policy, in short, is to destroy the entire Jewish state of Israel. It rejects any notion of a two state solution except as a temporary way station to a “Palestine†in its entirety “from the River to the Sea.â€
Abbas, Obama’s Palestinian interlocutor, admitted just one week ago that, underneath his facade of moderation, there is “no difference between our policies and those of Hamas.†This statement alone should remove all doubt regarding Abbas’s true agenda. It is the same as Hamas’s agenda, but reached through different tactics. Hamas relies primarily on violence, with rockets, suicide bombers and human shields serving as their stock in trade. Abbas’s Fatah party relies primarily on the tactics of deceptive diplomacy and manipulation of pliable international institutions such as the United Nations. That’s not to say that Fatah objects to violence.
I agree,with you, but Obama has made it clear that he will back Israel in any circumstance. Remember that the Palestinians were not happy with Obama’s visit, so if there is no possibility of an agreement, so be it! No one can say that Obama is not trying, but he will not give in to Palestinians on the need to accept a two state solution. If they don’t, that is their fault!
Facts about Obama supporting Israel:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/obama.3cdn.net/51bc2528a2795eca7b_swm6bngs8.pdf
http://www.njdc.org/media/entry/obama_israel_the_facts