Posted on 07/14/2014 7:50:21 PM PDT by Steelfish
Obama, at Ramadan Dinner, Decries Mideast Bloodshed
By CAROL E. LEE President Barack Obama, lamenting the “heart-wrenching” violence in the Middle East, said Monday the U.S. will work to forge a cease-fire between the Israelis and Palestinians and welcomed a proposal put forward by Egypt.
Mr. Obama, speaking Monday at a White House dinner marking the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, said Israel has a right to defend itself against rocket attacks from Hamas, but called the deaths of Palestinian civilians a tragedy.
“I believe further escalation benefits no one, least of all the Israeli and the Palestinian people,” Mr. Obama said. “So we’re going to continue doing everything we can to facilitate a return to the 2012 cease-fire. We are encouraged that Egypt has made a proposal to accomplish this goal, which we hope can restore the calm that we’ve been seeking. ”
Ultimately, Mr. Obama said, the conflict will only be resolved through a broader peace deal between the Israelis and Palestinians. Mr. Obama had pursued such a deal, but talks have stalled.
His comments Monday were his most substantive since violence broke out in Israel and Gaza. The president is facing a series of foreign policy crises at once, and noted that many of them are taking place in the Middle East, including Syria and Iraq.
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yup,
The muslim breaking his fast for the muslim month or ramadan. The fascist is on the move!!
An American teenager was murdered by Hamas the other day. I must have missed Obama’s remarks or threats or whatever on that one. Yesterday, an American lady died in Jerusalem of a heart-attack when the air raid sirens went off. I guess I missed Obama defending American citizens from Hamas over that one too.
Certain blacks hate Jews..the ones like Sharpton and Jackson, they are the ones that despise Jews and they spread their message of hate by using Jews as the scapegoats for their problems
(The comment about all blacks hating Jews did not come from me but felt like I had to respond to it)
Doubtful.
How anyone can think this guy is not a muslim just blows me away.
I hope he chokes on on his camel stew (or what ever they eat)
for RamaLama Ding Dong!
RAMADAN! Must eat pork ribs barbeque, roast pork, hog roast, in the day time!
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the only good moose limb is a dead moose limb.
Rest assured that despite whatever he said, he meant muslim blood shed by Israel in its defense of herself.
——but called the deaths of Palestinian civilians a tragedy.——
No...it’s not a tragedy....it’s a Hamas strategy....
People who send their children with bombs strapped to them to kill jews don’t shed a tear for the collateral damage as long as it accomplishes their goal....
Did he watch it on TV like Chauncey Gardiner?
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