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Obama Confronts the Israel Issue

nytimes.com
May 12, 2008
        
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In an inetrview, Obama seeks to court a critical constituency in the general election. ... Questions about Barack Obama’s commitment to Israel have been growing ever since an official of Hamas, the militant Palestinian group that the State Department classifies as a... [read full story]                    

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Mary Katharine Ham: Obama Could Not Be Clearer About His Israel Stance

 townhall.com May 13, 2008
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U.S. Jews' Relationship With Israel Evolves

 pewforum.org May 11, 2008
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Mary Katharine Ham: Obama Could Not Be Clearer About His Israel Stance

townhall.com
May 13, 2008
        

Posted by: Mary Katharine Ham It says something about Obama's stance that the very statement meant to make his position crystal clear, delivered by his own representative on Jewish issues, is one of the more clumsy, opaque, convoluted sentences of the entire campaign: “We’re going to continue to...

                   

Obama continues to respond to every fear every white person has ever had about any Black person

prometheus6.org
May 13, 2008
        

Posted May 13th, 2008 by Prometheus 6 elected without pledging allegiance to our 51st State - Israel. I don't have problems with this, especially when I've seen the ' Obama hates the Jews' memo come out damn near every other week since the campaign began. What do you think the ' He's a Muslim', '...

                   

Republicans twist Obama's statements about Israel

salon.com
May 13, 2008
        

On Monday, the Atlantic's Web site published excerpts from an interview the magazine's Jeffrey Goldberg had done with Barack Obama a couple of days before. The published sections focused entirely on Israel, which has been a sensitive issue for Obama because of some perceptions in the Jewish...

                   

NEWS -- Obama touts commitment to Israel

gopusa.com
May 13, 2008
        

By NEDRA PICKLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democratic presidential leader Barack Obama said he regrets the division that has grown between Jews and blacks and he remains committed to ensuring Israel's security. Obama discussed his relationship with the Jewish community and Israel in an...

House GOP Leaders Make Up Quotes To Attack Obama Over Israel

huffingtonpost.com
May 13, 2008
        

In an interview with The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., talked a great deal about Israel. He was rather effusive in his support for the Jewish state. Apparently given nothing of substance to criticize, House Republican leaders then took a statement Obama made and twisted...

                   

Obama affirms pro-Israel stance

iht.com
May 13, 2008
        

U.S. justices' conflicts halt apartheid appeal "I think that the idea of a secure Jewish state is a fundamentally just idea, and a necessary idea, given not only world history but the active existence of anti-Semitism," Obama said in the interview. "That does not mean that I would agree with...

Obama Backer Says Jerusalem Must Be Negotiated

israelnationalnews.com
May 13, 2008
        

Dan Kurtzer, former American Ambassador to Israel and an advisor to Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama, told a conference in Jerusalem Tuesday that the status of Jerusalem must be negotiated with the Palestinian Authority (PA). "It will be impossible to make progress on...

                   

Obama "understands" why Hamas endorsed him

redstate.com
May 13, 2008
        

From the NY Daily News: While maintaining an ironclad commitment to Israel's security, Barack Obama says he understood why a top Hamas adviser voiced support for his presidential bid. "It's conceivable that there are those in the Arab world who say to themselves, 'This is a guy who spent some...

Obama affirms his pro-Israel stance

iht.com
May 13, 2008
        

Faced with doubts about his support for Israel and American Jews, Senator Barack Obama has stepped up his efforts to reach out to the Jewish community over the past month, giving speeches and granting interviews to confront questions about the militant Palestinian group Hamas and his commitment...

Confronting Questions, Obama Assures Jews of His Support

pewforum.org
May 13, 2008
        

Faced with doubts about his support for Israel and American Jews, Senator Barack Obama has stepped up his efforts to reach out to the Jewish community over the past month, giving speeches and granting interviews to confront questions about the militant Palestinian group Hamas and his commitment...

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