The inflated sense of tension ensuing from Gaza and Palestine has had a further increment amid the speculations and expected outcomes of the US President Barrack Hussein Obama’s meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli premier. A lot is being said about the three days visit that started on the 20th when the US President landed in Tel Aviv.
With analysts drawing the reader’s attention towards Obama’s initial stance about the matter of Israel, some expect him to be not as welcome in Israel as any other American president would be. This is the case because of the standpoint taken by him about the Palestinian problem in his initial days at the White House. He clearly propagated an idea of two adjacent states in the name of Israel and Palestine –an idea not applauded by Israel at all.
Though Obama’s stance over Iran and its nuclear program was rather oratory with the same tone and rather formal remarks over the nuclear program being a threat to the world and so on, the real point of importance was his speech regarding Palestine.
It was very likely that Obama has had a change of tactics when talking about Muslims –a change probably triggered by the negative response he received in the aftermath of his 2009 Cairo speech, where he showed a soft corner for the Palestinians. But regardless of that, his speech at the International Convention Center Jerusalem did have some surprises; the biggest of them without doubt would be uttering something that no other American president has ever said:
“The need for justice for the Palestinians”
It was evident from his initial praise and pampering of Israel that he wanted to be on the good side of the gold crib baby, but eventually he did manage to switch to a rather mature tone. Clearly depicting his improved political experience, he made it a point that the two-state theory was a serious consideration –something that Israel has neither favored nor shown interest in. Another very impressive stance, taken by the American president, was to highlight the Israeli concerns about security being the major reason for their actions against Palestinian people. In doing so, his point was that he does not consider it to be a fertile way of reaching peace.
The visit to Israel followed by a visit to Palestine in such early days of his term seriously has their impact. Add to that, the air of seriousness that the meetings have carried, a good analyst can be sure of one thing; the Obama administration is sincerely starting to work towards solving the crisis. If it is so, it will be for the first time since Obama’s initial election as a president that his government will take honest steps towards solving the matter. Though opinions might get biased at some point owing to the long standing alliance between Israel and the US, but there still is some level of decipherable hope in Obama’s words.
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