President Barack Obama Speech at Jerusalem Cultural Center
Posted on: March 24, 2013
President Barack Obama Speech at Jerusalem Cultural Center
President Barack Obama delivered a bold message to young Israelis in Jerusalem Thursday, asking them to see the world through the eyes of their adversaries in the Middle East.
In Israel proper, Obama speech sucked up entirely to the Zionist State and never mentioned Palestine or the Palestinians, which prompted many Arab commentators to view Obama and all the US administrations as actual lackeys to the Zionist movement…
“Addressing students at the Jerusalem Cultural Center, Obama called on a new generation of Israelis to take up the peace process — including halting settlement construction — and work harder toward achieving an independent Palestine.
This key paragraph from his speech concerning the two States of Israel and Palestine:
But the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination and justice must also be recognized.
Put yourself in their shoes – look at the world through their eyes. It is not fair that a Palestinian child cannot grow up in a state of her own, and lives with the presence of a foreign army that controls the movements of her parents every single day.
It is not just when settler violence against Palestinians goes unpunished.
It is not right to prevent Palestinians from farming their lands; to restrict a student’s ability to move around the West Bank; or to displace Palestinian families from their home.
Neither occupation nor expulsion is the answer. Just as Israelis built a state in their homeland, Palestinians have a right to be a free people in their own land.
The speech was remarkably blunt, particularly considering Obama’s fraught relationship with Israelis and their prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.
At times, Obama even appeared to be trying to circumvent his Israeli counterpart, calling on his young audience to challenge political leaders on the peace issue.
” I can promise you this, political leaders will never take risks if the people do not push them to take some risks.”
“You must create the change that you want to see. Ordinary people can accomplish extraordinary things.”
The message was extraordinarily well-received, both by the audience and veteran Israel correspondents, many of whom are calling Obama’s speech “historic.” Here’s some of the reaction:
Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic:
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/obama-israel-speech-2013-3#ixzz2OCaQm2VJ
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