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In Israel, Some Anxieties About Obama

How will the United States Shift on Iran, Palestinians, Mideast Peace?

Posted November 7, 2008

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Israel vs. everyone else

A little history lesson: Israel was given a plot of land from the British government that nobody wanted in 1948. Why? Because everybody in Europe felt bad for the treatment of the Jews during the Holocaust and hoped that a chance to become a nation in a barren wasteland would help. So Zionists came and the desert began to bloom back into life. The Palestinis felt they were being slighted and the other Arab countries didn't like to have a Jewish state for a neighbor. After about three wars, Israel still remains a nation and has acquired more land than it originally received. (Praise be given to the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob!) This left the Arab and radical Islamic peoples holding grudges, which gives us the problem today. One more thing, most countries wouldn't blink an eye one way or another if Israel ceased to exist, with the exception of Britain and the US.

With that being said, it is understandable why Israel is a little nervous about Obama becoming the next president of their most powerful ally. Sure, Israel doesn't have to and probably won't wait for us to give the go-ahead to start a war. But it pays to make sure that you have a world power on your side when you do so. The US's involvement in the Middle East under President Bush's administration has essentially assured the alliance with Israel, since we are the only ones fighting their enemies right now. Obama's peace talks and shady friendships/religious background on the other hand could weaken Israel trust in us and could provoke them to do something rash.

As for supporting our future president, I may have to support him as an American patriot and citizen, but don't think for one moment I am going to support all of his actions and ideologies. I didn't support the way Bush decided to use an American version of Blitzkrieg in Iraq or his No Child Left Behind policy, but I still supported him as our President these last eight years.

Obamas' ascendancy to the Presidency in fact, it is an opportune moment to resolve the long and bitter infighting of the past. Why not Israelis or Iranians and other concerned should at least consider it to have a meaningful dialogue?

Long lasting conflicts can only be resolved by peace not by force.

I don't understand why the Israeli's would care one way or another about the USA president.

Israel is an independant, self-sufficient nation with the most advanced military machine in the Middle East.

Surely, it they are threatened or attacked, they (I hope) would not look to the USA to save them. They have their own highly successful and able army and air force. No need tobe concerned who the next USA president is, or what his feelings towards Israel is.....or whether his middle name is Hussein.

I would hope that if the Israelis are attacked, or if they decide to initiate an attack on anyone, they know that they don't have to depend on the USA to bail them out, or come flying to their aid.

Considering our battered economy, and our misguided misadventures in Iraq under the leadership of an incompetent Republican president, now is not the time for foreign countries, including Israel to look to the USA to defend or support them.

I hope Israel never is attacked....or initiates any attack on any of their neighbors. But considering their military might, I also hope they know that rather to worry about or look to our new American president to see how he will react....they will be mature enough to face their situation head on together and face their problems on their own.

Follow the Israeli news

It has been pretty clear that Israel has been making many of its own decisions, or lack of them, so I don't see why who the person in the White House is should be of much concern. Two things will remain consistent, the US is a democracy and Israel is a democracy. For those reasons alone, the two countries basic relationship will stay strong.

its about time the palestians faced facts

the israelis are smart and strong people, they will survive this new president, who else can take sand dunes and make it a beautiful place to live and who else wants peace like they do, unfortunately when you are a nice and decent person in this world, the arabs who have no education and no desire to better themselves would rather blow innocent people up and blame others, for there own problems.

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