March 19, 2010

Why Didn't Obama Also Condemn the PA?

Yoel Marcus, Haaretz

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Obama's overture for a Mideast peace agreement - as part of which he made a speech in Cairo, of all places, while skipping over Israel - was another sign that he does not consider us the most important factor, as we have become accustomed to thinking.

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TAGGED: Joe Biden, Barack Obama, East Jerusalem, Benjamin Netanyahu, Palestine, Israel

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