Obama should listen to Soros because more than half the country agrees with what Soros has to say. Hamas is the elected government of Palestine. The fact that a group or neighboring country doesn't approve of it should be none of our business, and we should be supporting a peace process that brings about calm, not apartheid and ethnic cleansing. The latter should be ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE to Obama.
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Obviously Obama fans have no idea what his position in support of Israel is.
Even if they did, they'd explain it... [MORE]
bryen
Feb 10, 2008 09:21
Obama should listen to Soros because more than half the country agrees with what Soros has to say. Hamas is...
Martin
Jan 4, 2008 22:13
Over hundred years UK/USA/Germany/France wanted control of Middle East oil. I wish America would call Israel as a state of... [MORE]
jojo
Jan 4, 2008 14:03
essy for him so say. but he doesnt live in Israel. maybe he should move over there, so that a... [MORE]
emeka
Jan 4, 2008 13:38
OBama and Hillary are riding the same AIPAC gravy trail and are not about to kill the golden goose ~... [MORE]
Allen L Roland
Apr 3, 2007 01:14
Will the name of Al Gore's ride be "Occidental"? Gore claims to have been worried about the climate for 40... [MORE]
jenny
Feb 24, 2008 00:50
Of course Soros is right. We in Europe have for very long been amazed at how the Israeli tail wags... [MORE]
J Simpson
Apr 2, 2007 12:27
Here we are in the midst of a struggle for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in... [MORE]
Hunter Watson
Mar 28, 2007 16:07
I agree and wish more people would shed light on it. [MORE]
O'Hara
Mar 23, 2007 18:54
all american political leaders know that Soros has said the Truth, the Whole Truth and nothing but the Truth.well done... [MORE]
aitezazuddin ahmed
Apr 2, 2007 12:37
The past few months I have been seeing more and more discussion about the influence of AIPAC on American foreign... [MORE]
Lauren
Mar 22, 2007 19:58
Mr. Chomsky has been called an "anti Semite" for his remarks criticising a militarist Israel that finds secular Israeli's critical... [MORE]
warren leming
Mar 22, 2007 13:04
I am 100% committed to the existence and protection of Israel, but no nation should get the "Golden Child" status... [MORE]
coppermountaincrow
Mar 22, 2007 09:55
Negotiating with Hamas is the only answer. They were elected by the Palestinian people. Not negotiating with Hamas is like... [MORE]
Mr. Doug
Mar 22, 2007 09:05
Oh well, this is America, and when it comes to anything like speaking truthfully about Israeli policies, everyone duck for... [MORE]
deborah
Mar 22, 2007 00:08
Thanks for the article by Eli Lake, March 21st, "Obama Rebuff's Soros". Please continue to educate Americans about George Soros,... [MORE]
E.J. Singer
Mar 21, 2007 19:25
At last someone with courage. 100% with you George (Soros). [MORE]
Ed
Mar 21, 2007 17:22
Soros is finally voicing what many people I know have been saying quietly for some time now. AIPAC knows that... [MORE]
Scarlett
Mar 21, 2007 16:00
Too bad....My hopes for a presidential candidate that might actually make a difference have been dashed by Obama's unwillingness to... [MORE]
christine tackley
Mar 22, 2007 16:03
Soros is right that AIPAC should basically be ignored. AIPAC is a horrible group that undermines Israel and acts similarly... [MORE]
davefromqueens
Mar 21, 2007 15:57
It would have been helpful if the article had pointed out that Mr. Soros was a Hungarian-born Jew who escaped... [MORE]
john s
Mar 21, 2007 14:25
As a serious Democrat, Obama's rebuff of George Soros, the most honest figure on the political scene, is a rebuff... [MORE]
Frank Jackson
Mar 21, 2007 14:25
I am a serious democrat also and I support Israel in general. I love Obama so much! After living there,... [MORE]