How Barack Obama learned to love Israel

Ali Abunimah, The Electronic Intifada, 4 March 2007

I first met Democratic presidential hopeful Senator Barack Obama almost ten years ago when, as my representative in the Illinois state senate, he came to speak at the University of Chicago. He impressed me as progressive, intelligent and charismatic. I distinctly remember thinking 'if only a man of this calibre could become president one day.'

On Friday Obama gave a speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) in Chicago. It had been much anticipated in American Jewish political circles which buzzed about his intensive efforts to woo wealthy pro-Israel campaign donors who up to now have generally leaned towards his main rival Senator Hillary Clinton.

Reviewing the speech, Ha'aretz Washington correspondent Shmuel Rosner concluded that Obama "sounded as strong as Clinton, as supportive as Bush, as friendly as Giuliani. At least rhetorically, Obama passed any test anyone might have wanted him to pass. So, he is pro-Israel. Period."

Israel is "our strongest ally in the region and its only established democracy," Obama said, assuring his audience that "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." Such advanced multi-billion dollar systems he asserted, would help Israel "deter missile attacks from as far as Tehran and as close as Gaza." As if the starved, besieged and traumatized population of Gaza are about to develop intercontinental ballistic missiles.

Obama offered not a single word of criticism of Israel, of its relentless settlement and wall construction, of the closures that make life unlivable for millions of Palestinians.

Read the full article here…

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article6619.shtml



Why doesn’t Barack Obama back Rep. Defazio’s resolution that would require Congressional approval before an attack?

How will he answer his critics when reminded that he encouraged voters to support the pro war Sen. Lieberman rather than the anti war Mr. Lamont in the Connecticut Senate race?

Wake up people. There is little difference between Republicans and Democrats.

Both are controlled by the pro war AIPAC lobby.

If you really want peace you will have to register and vote Green. http://www.gp.org





JOIN US IN THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST ISRAELI APARTHEID TERRORISM

Take Action, sign on to the letter at http://www.cflweb.org/ political action and tell Congress to stop using your tax dollars to support apartheid terrorism.

For further political action and information see:

http://www.cnionline.org --- http://www.endtheoccupation.org/ --- http://www.stopthewall.org/ --- http://www.rachelcorrie.org/action.htm --- http://www.astandforjustice.org --- http://www.palestinesolidaritymovement.org/ --- http://bigcampaign.org.uk/

What the Media hopes that you never learn about the apartheid terror state of Israel…

Important informational websites:

http://www.voicesofpalestine.org/ --- http://www.palsolidarity.org/main/ --- http://www.washington-report.org/index.htm --- http://www.al-awda.org/ --- http://www.palestineremembered.com/index.html --- http://electronicintifada.net/new.shtml --- http://www.globalexchange.org/countries/mideast/palestine/ --- http://www.stop-us-military-aid-to-israel.net/ --- http://zionismexplained.org/ --- http://www.palestinehistory.com/ --- http://www.pchrgaza.org/ --- http://www.rafah.vze.com/ --- http://rafah.virtualactivism.net/news/todaymain.htm --- http://www.americanintifada.com/ --- http://www.ifamericansknew.org/ --- http://www.ussliberty.org/ --- http://www.nowarforisrael.com --- http://www.ipsc.ie/ --- http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/am/publish/ --- http://www.thepeoplesvoice.org/ --- http://www.ipc.gov.ps/index.asp --- http://www.imemc.org/ --- http://www.stopaipac.org/ --- http://www.monabaker.com/ --- http://kurtnimmo.com/ --- http://www.rense.com/ --- http://bostontopalestine.org/ --- http://they-are-still-here.blogspot.com/ --- http://www.normanfinkelstein.com/index.php --- http://www.a-mother-from-gaza.blogspot.com/ --- http://bethlehemghetto.blogspot.com/ --- http://www.democracynow.org/index.pl --- http://bodyontheline.blogspot.com/ --- http://peacepalestine.blogspot.com/ --- http://www.umkahlil.blogspot.com/



Israeli terrorism in pictures …

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14069.htm

Christian organizations that oppose the Zionist apartheid terror regime:

http://www.cmep.org/ --- http://www.hcef.org/ --- http://www.hcsn.org/ --- http://www.al-bushra.org/ --- http://www.cpt.org/hebron/hebron.php --- http://www.biblestudysite.com/



Jewish organizations that oppose the Zionist apartheid terror regime:

http://www.jewsagainstzionism.com/ --- http://www.nkusa.org/ --- http://www.nimn.org/ --- http://www.jewsnotzionists.org/ --- http://www.btselem.org/English/index.asp --- http://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/ --- http://www.icahd.org/eng

The Israeli lobby AIPAC counts on your ignorance. Iraq, Palestine, Neocons - how all of it ties together can be found in this report entitled "The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy". A condensed version can be found here at the London Review of Books.

http://www.lrb.co.uk/v28/n06/print/mear01_.html

See the Stop AIPAC site… http://www.stopaipac.org/



EVERYONE SHOULD SEE THE DOCUMENTARY “TERROR STORM” BY ALEX JONES. It exposes Government sponsored terrorism, False Flag Operations, the Pro-War Zionist Media and The New World Order.

Throughout history, criminal elements inside governments have carried out terror attacks and psychological operations (psy-ops) against their own populations as a pretext to enslave them. TerrorStorm reveals how, in the last hundred years, Western leaders have repeatedly murdered their own citizens while posing as their saviors.

This powerful documentary explores the mindset of the average brainwashed Westerner. It delves deeply into the systems of control which have been scientifically-crafted to imprison their minds and keep their eyes closed to the realities of the world around them.

Alex Jones has agreed to let everyone see “Terror Storm” under not for profit and for educational purposes free of charge. Jones should be commended for exposing the New World Order on such a large scale. His website is http://www.infowars.com

A Must See Film…TERROR STORM… "The DVD Of The Resistance": Watch Free, Spread The Word!

Please help us get Terror Storm to as many people as possible!

Terror Storm can also be viewed on-line here… http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=12638

What is a False Flag? …Committing an atrocious act and then blaming it on another party or nation. The point is to turn public opinion against an entity and have someone else fight your battles for you.

Will America demand that Israel surrender its illegal nuclear weapons and other WMDs before it can detonate one in the United States under another False Flag Operation?

Sign the Petition Opposing An Attack on Iran! http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/iran

Join us in the streets and halls of Congress as we protest war and occupation! Sign up for the political action alerts at http://www.answercoalition.org and http://www.unitedforpeace.org

What CNN and FOX would rather you not see or know anything about… http://www.robert-fisk.com/iraqwarvictims_mar2003.htm

Note: The mainstream media refuses to address and fairly report on the tragic events in the Holyland which is Palestine, this in spite of the fact that it is the most important issue on the global stage.

Resist The Corporate Owned Pro-War Zionist Media’s 24/7 Campaign To Brainwash And Manipulate The American Public. Render Them Irrelevant. Get Your News Uncensored and Unfiltered From Independent Sources.

http://www.informationliberation.com/

http://www.thepeoplesvoice.org/cgi-bin/blogs/indx.php

http://www.democracynow.org/index.pl Listen to Amy Goodman’s show everyday… a must.

http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/index.html

http://www.freespeech.org/fscm2/genx.php?name=home

http://www.americanfreepress.net/

http://www.counterpunch.org/

http://english.aljazeera.net/HomePage

http://www.imemc.org/

Important and Vital: Find A Pacifica Network Station Near You. Listen to Democracy Now with Amy Goodman and support the station that carries it…

http://pacificanetwork.org/radio/content/blogsection/7/83/



SPOON-FED NEWS CAUSES BLINDNESS

FOX and CNN 24 / 7 propaganda machines are undermining objective media.

Take action: Call your cable provider and tell them that they have 30 days to carry the Al Jazeera “English” Channel on “basic cable” and if they refuse to, boycott them by cancelling their service.

“If everybody watches CNN, what does CNN watch? The Al Jazeera English Channel.”

Friends of Al Jazeera

http://www.friendsofaljazeera.org/

http://english.aljazeera.net/HomePage



BOTH REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRAT PARTIES SUPPORT ISRAELI APARTHEID TERRORISM AND THEIR MEMBERS RECEIVE MONEY FROM AIPAC INFLUENCED PRO WAR PRO ISRAEL PACS.

See AIPAC Influenced Pro-Israel, Pro-War PAC Contributions to 2006 Congressional Candidates…

http://www.washington-report.org/index.htm

Vote for the Party of Peace and Justice. The

Green Party USA … http://www.gp.org

It bears mentioning that no Green Party USA candidate is supported by the Neo-con pro war AIPAC lobby. See http://www.gp.org



Your “Representatives” in Congress are supposed to work for YOU not lobbies of evil foreign regimes. Call or write them today. Tell them to stop all aid to the apartheid terror state of Israel…

Call U.S. Capitol… 202.225.3121

E-mail Your U.S. House Representative (you have only one)… http://www.house.gov/writerep/

E-mail Your U.S. Senators (you have only two)… http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

White House… 202-456-1414

White House… FAX: 202-456-2461

E-MAIL… comments@whitehouse.gov



David Ben-Gurion told Nahum Goldmann, the president of the World Jewish Congress:

“If I were an Arab leader I would never make terms with Israel. That is natural: we have taken their country . . . We come from Israel, but two thousand years ago, and what is that to them? There has been anti-semitism, the Nazis, Hitler, Auschwitz, but was that their fault? They only see one thing: we have come here and stolen their country. Why should they accept that?”



Must reads: Beyond Chutzspah, Finkelstein. A Pretext For War, Bamford. The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine, Simons. Must see: Rachel - An American Conscience, Barakat.

“In a world of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” - George Orwell

"The people will believe what the media tells them they believe." - George Orwell

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