Obama to Bush: Hamas must recognize Israel

[oberliner]

"We must press Egypt to devote more resources and effort to stopping the smuggling of weapons into Gaza from the Sinai, where much of Hamas’ weaponry arrives from,” Democratic US presidential candidate, Senator Barack Obama said in a letter addressed to US President George W. Bush.

In the letter Obama reiterated many of the positions he presented at AIPAC’s annual conference in Washington at the beginning of the month.

Clarifying his support for Israel Obama wrote, “A fundamental principle of America’s Middle East policy must be our unshakeable commitment to Israel’s security. I believe that is a bipartisan commitment and I will work to continue and advance that consensus. But I am deeply concerned that Israel’s security has been put at greater risk, both because of renewed threats from implacable enemies like Iran, Hizbullah, and Hamas, and because of policy choices by the United States.”

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3560118,00.html

[az chela]

1. Since Bush cant read and is brain dead someone

will have to read it to him

[Hardrada]

2. O not more of that stuff.....

More money down the fucking drain.

[shira]

3. Mahmoud Abbas says Hamas not required to recognize Israel

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3313380,00.html

When the 'moderate' Fatah leader - moderate by their standards, not progressive standards - says Hamas is not required to recognize Israel, then what makes Obama or Bush think Hamas will ever do so?

Notice that Abbas said this in arabic in an interview immediately after telling Condi Rice Hamas must recognize Israel. Makes one wonder how worthless Fatah's recognition of Israel is when spoken in english rather than Arabic.