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"My view is that the United
States' special relationship with Israel obligates us to be helpful to them in the search for credible partners with
whom they can make peace, while also supporting
Israel in defending itself against enemies sworn to its destruction,"
"We must preserve our total
commitment to our unique defense
relationship with Israel by fully funding military assistance and
continuing work on the Arrow and related missile defense programs. This would help Israel maintain its military edge and deter
and repel attacks from as far as Tehran and as close as Gaza."
Obama took time from his campaign to
air out concerns with about 100 Jewish leaders in Cleveland, assuring them of
"an unshakable commitment to the security of Israel and the friendship
between the United States and Israel."
After the meeting, Rabbi Michael Lerner, editor of the liberal Jewish magazine
Tikkun, issued a statement declaring that Obama "has been very successful
. . . in reassuring the bulk of American Jews that the innuendoes and overt
attacks on his alleged hostility to or indifference to the well-being of Israel
are false."
Speaking to the American Israel
Public Affairs Committee on March 2, 2007, Obama called Israel "our strongest ally in the region,"
and stated: "We must preserve our total commitment to our unique defense
relationship with Israel by fully funding military assistance and continuing
work on the Arrow and related missile defense programs." On the
Palestinian Authority's new unity government, Obama said: "We should all
be concerned about the agreement negotiated among Palestinians in Mecca last
month."
In June 2008, Obama became the first
presidential candidate ever to publicly back the traditional Israeli position
that Jerusalem remain forever undivided under Israel rule. "Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel, and it must remain
undivided," Obama declared on June 4, 2008.[174][175] Days later, he
said, "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."
On a July 2008 world tour focused on
trouble spots for U.S. national security interests, Obama met with Israeli
president Shimon Peres, prime minister Ehud Olmert, opposition party leader
Benjamin Netanyahu, and Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas and prime
minister Salam Fayyad. Obama reiterated that Jerusalem should be the capital of
Israel, but that territorial disputes regarding that city and elsewhere needed
to be resolved without direct U.S. involvement. "That's an issue that has to
be dealt with by the parties involved, the Palestinians and the Israelis, and
it is not the job of the United States to dictate the form in which that will
take, but rather to support the efforts that are being made right now to
resolve these very difficult issues that have a long history." On the same
trip, Obama said, "The state of Israel faces determined enemies who seek
its destruction, but it also has a
friend and ally in the United States that will always stand by the people of
Israel."
Obama's selection for his
Vice-Presidential candidate, Joe Biden, has stressed that Obama is strongly
pro-Israel. In a speech in September 2008, Biden stated "I am chairman of
the Foreign Relations Committee. I give you my word as a Biden, I would not
have given up that job to be Barack Obama's vice president if I didn't in my
gut and in my heart and in my head know that Barack Obama is exactly where I am
on Israel. And he is...I promise you ...
we will make [Israel] more secure."
Referring to the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict in January 2006, Obama denounced Hamas while praising former Prime
Minister of Israel Ariel Sharon. At a meeting with then Israeli Foreign
Minister Silvan Shalom on the eve of Hamas' sweeping election victory,[179]
Obama stated that Sharon's role in the conflict had always been "absolutely important and
constructive."
Ensure a Strong U.S.-Israel Partnership: Barack
Obama and Joe Biden strongly support the U.S.-Israel relationship, believe
that our first and incontrovertible commitment in the Middle East must be
to the security of Israel,
America's strongest ally in the Middle East. They support this closeness,
stating that that the United States
would never distance itself from Israel.
Support Israel's Right to Self Defense: During
the July 2006 Lebanon war, Barack Obama stood up strongly for Israel's
right to defend itself from Hezbollah raids and rocket attacks,
cosponsoring a Senate resolution against Iran and Syria's involvement in
the war, and insisting that Israel should not be pressured into a
ceasefire that did not deal with the threat of Hezbollah missiles. He and
Joe Biden believe strongly in Israel's right to protect its citizens.
Support
Foreign Assistance to Israel: Barack Obama and Joe Biden have
consistently supported foreign assistance to Israel. They defend and
support the annual foreign aid package that involves both military and economic assistance to Israel and have
advocated increased foreign aid
budgets to ensure that these funding priorities are met. They have
called for continuing U.S. cooperation with Israel in the development of missile defense systems.
ON IRAN, Obama's position is firm.
He said to AIPAC that "there is no greater threat to Israel - or to the
peace and stability of the region - than Iran... The danger from Iran is grave,
it is real and my goal will be to eliminate this threat... We will also use all
elements of American power to pressure Iran. I will do everything in my power
to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon." He added for emphasis,
"Everything in my power. Everything."
Lee Rosenberg, a member of AIPAC's
national board, said: "I've known Barack Obama for eight years. Throughout
that experience, including travels together to Israel, he has always been a friend of Israel." He suggested that suspicion
of Mr Obama among some Jewish groups was because "people don't know him
properly yet".
Mr Obama's campaign said that this was a distortion of his record, adding:
"John McCain stubbornly insists on continuing a failed foreign policy that
has clearly made the US and Israel less secure."
“When we have settled the land, all the Arabs will be able to do about it will be to scurry around like drugged cockroaches in a bottle.” -Raphael Eitan, Chief of Staff of the IDF, New York
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