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Obama’s Speech in Egypt Signals ‘Worrisome’ Shift in U.S. Policy

Obama's Speech in Egypt Signals 'Worrisome' Shift in U.S. Policy

President Barack Hussein Obama's speech in Egypt signals a "worrisome" shift in U.S. policy toward Israel, according to the executive director of the Republican Jewish Coalition, Matthew Brooks.

Speaking in Cairo, Obama struck "a balanced tone" with regard to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and "that's what was wrong with this speech," said Brooks.  " American policy should not be balanced - it should side with those who fight terror, not those who... engage in it."

The ongoing conflict in the Middle East will not reach a peaceful end until the Palestinians stop their terrorism, violence, and incitement against Israel. "American policy has long been to support Israel - a fellow democracy and committed ally of this country - in its efforts to achieve lasting security for its citizens. Israel's good faith efforts have been met by unremitting Palestinian violence and what is in effect an internal Palestinian civil war," said Brooks. "Peace and security go hand in hand - Israel has repeatedly reached out her hand in peace only to have it slapped back. The President's remarks to the world's Muslims today appear to mark the beginning of a worrisome shift in U.S. policy."

Other opinion makers are voicing similar concerns. Writing this week in Human Events newspaper, Caspar Weinberger, the son of the former U.S. Secretary of Defense, and a conservative activist himself, opined that Obama wrongly thinks there are "moderate Muslims" in the Middle East because his protestations, and former membership in Trinity United Church of Christ notwithstanding, Obama himself is a "moderate Muslim."

The Illinois Republican Assembly joins the Republican Jewish Coalition and other conservative activists in urging President Obama to return to the policy of holding the security of Israel as a key American foreign policy priority and requiring significant, and verifiable, moves toward peace from the Palestinians.


Tagged as: Barack Obama, Illinois Republican Assembly, Middle East, Muslim

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