I am quite sure President Obama has a strong policy against extremism and the violence it brings, but, he also has a strong policy against the advancement of Israeli settlements that continue to erode the Palestine Homeland. Israel cannot pick and chose which President Obama they want to cite as their ally. There are not multiple President Obamas.
By Isabel Kershner and Jodi Rudoren
April 29, 2014
...The Israeli official, (click here) who was speaking on the condition of anonymity because of the subject’s diplomatic delicacy, said that the commitment had been given to Israel during President Obama’s first term in office and that it had been restated since his re-election. The official would not specify whether the commitment had been given in writing or by the president himself.
By Isabel Kershner and Jodi Rudoren
April 29, 2014
...The Israeli official, (click here) who was speaking on the condition of anonymity because of the subject’s diplomatic delicacy, said that the commitment had been given to Israel during President Obama’s first term in office and that it had been restated since his re-election. The official would not specify whether the commitment had been given in writing or by the president himself.
But
he insisted that the Obama administration had backed Israel’s position
against negotiating or dealing with such a unity government unless Hamas
accepted the principles laid down by world powers after the Islamic
group won Palestinian elections in 2006: to recognize Israel’s right to
exist, to renounce all violence and to accept all previous signed
agreements.
Hamas
continues to refuse those conditions. Taher al-Nounou, an adviser to
Ismail Haniya, the group’s prime minister in Gaza, reiterated on Sunday
that Hamas would not recognize Israel.
In
the absence of such recognition, Washington, like Israel, has
classified Hamas as a terrorist group and forbids direct dealings with
it....
If Israel continues it's aggression toward the Palestinian people it risks charges of genocide of the Palestinian nation.
It is time Israel and all it's collective power around the globe come to terms with their own abuses as well. If Israel is stating it will not deal with any connection to Hamas, it has to live up to international law and end it's own aggression against those people.
If Israel continues it's aggression toward the Palestinian people it risks charges of genocide of the Palestinian nation.
Obama is right to criticize Israeli settlements (click here)
...Finally, all settlements are illegal under international law. For example, U.N. Security Resolution 465 calls on Israel to “dismantle the existing settlements.” In addition, Article 49(6) of the Fourth Geneva Convention, ratified by Israel in 1951, states: “The Occupying Power shall not deport or transfer parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies.” Mr. Abrams and Mr. Sadot thus turned a blind eye to real facts and to the clear position of the international community....It is time Israel and all it's collective power around the globe come to terms with their own abuses as well. If Israel is stating it will not deal with any connection to Hamas, it has to live up to international law and end it's own aggression against those people.
