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	If Obama Is Serious, he should get tough with Israel

walski69

1-10-2009 12:33 AM

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israel, palestine, gaza, obama, us, foreign policy

walski69 says:

An article such as this is perhaps testament that world opinion is, at large, against Israel in the way it man-handled Gaza, deploying disproportionate force, which has resulted in over 600 dead, and thousands injured.

How Obama will address the complex issues will be interesting to see...

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