Posted on 06/05/2008 9:57:24 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Barack Obama’s flip-flops are getting closer together; now he’s “clarifying” points he made just a day ago: Obama clarifies united J’lem comment.
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama did not rule out Palestinian sovereignty over parts of Jerusalem when he called for Israel’s capital to remain “undivided,” his campaign told The Jerusalem Post Thursday.
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama addresses AIPAC Policy Conference 2008, Wednesday.
“Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel, and it must remain undivided,” Obama declared Wednesday, to rousing applause from the 7,000-plus attendees at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee policy conference.
But a campaign adviser clarified Thursday that Obama believes “Jerusalem is a final status issue, which means it has to be negotiated between the two parties” as part of “an agreement that they both can live with.”
I voted for jeruselem before i voted against it.
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Posted by: Curt @ 8:26 pm in Barack Obama, Israel/Palestine
Just more evidence that this man is an inexperienced rube. Yesterday at AIPAC he tried to act the tough guy and said the following:
“Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel, and it must remain undivided,”
Well, seeing as how the US position on this issue for years has been….no position really. Other then insisting on the two parties work it out themselves. You can see how this got him into some hot water:
Facing criticism from Palestinians, Sen. Barack Obama acknowledged today that the status of Jerusalem will need to be negotiated in future peace talks, amending a statement earlier in the week that Jerusalem “must remain undivided.”
~~~Obama quickly backtracked today in an interview with CNN.
“Well, obviously, it’s going to be up to the parties to negotiate a range of these issues. And Jerusalem will be part of those negotiations,” Obama said when asked whether Palestinians had no future claim to the city.
Both sides are just a bit pissed:
Many on the right of the political spectrum among America’s Jews welcomed Obama’s remarks at AIPAC, but the clarification of his position left several cold.
“The Orthodox Union is extremely disappointed in this revision of Senator Obama’s important statement about Jerusalem,” said Nathan Diament, director of public policy for the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations. He had sent out a release Wednesday applauding Obama’s Jerusalem remarks in front of AIPAC.
“In the current context, everyone understands that saying ‘Jerusalem… must remain undivided’ means that the holy city must remain unified under Israeli rule, as it has been since 1967,” Diament explained.
“If Senator Obama intended his remarks at AIPAC to be understood in this way, he said nothing that would reasonably lead to such a different interpretation.”
Morton Klein, president of the Zionist Organization of America and another Jewish activist who had originally lauded Obama’s statement, now called the candidate’s words “troubling.”
“It means he used the term inappropriately, possibly to mislead strong supporters of Israel that he supports something he doesn’t really believe,” Klein charged.
~~~And some groups were pleased by the clarification on Jerusalem provided by the campaign.
“There was reaction from some of our base who were taken aback by it and thought he was undermining the peace process,” said Americans for Peace Now spokesman Ori Nir, who described his organization as “gratified” by the clarified position which seems to follow APN’s policy that sovereignty of Jerusalem could be shared in a final peace settlement.
No experience in foreign policy, diplomacy, and very little experience as a legislator…..man, you Democrats can pick em’ huh? He does give a damn spiffy speech tho. In a empty suit.
That bus may Highcenter by Nov. With Grandma/Wildman Wright and Jeruselum squished under it.
Pray for W and Our Troops
See #3.
I will second that to pray for W and our troops
And the Presidential Candidate sh*ts and falls back in it again. Henceforth I shall call him Backpeddling ‘Bama...thus it is said, thus shall it be done....!
THe left’s newest false God is speaking with forked tongue.
What an idiot.
Obama setting things straight with his Hamas boys.
Obama: Jerusalem must remain the undivided capital of Israel (Obama says anything to get elected)
Followed by a FR Thread on the Clarification:
LoL! Obama’s AIPAC flip flopping didn’t get him anything but lost votes.
I think this is worthy of a Major ping....Obama steps in it Again Ping!
Don’t forget Rezko and Pfleger and Farrakhan and Meeks and maybe soon Michelle.
Has Hillary conceded yet??? :)
PETER CAVE: Palestinian leaders have been stunned and angered by Barack Obama's pledge of support for Jerusalem as the undivided capital of Israel.
It's effectively ended any hope they had that Jerusalem might be the capital of a Palestinian state in the foreseeable future.
He may have to get a Bigger Bus??
Pray for W and Our Troops
Well,...they had a meeting tonight...saw that somewhere.
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