Week 10: News Post

So I recently posted about Obama’s pre-speech before hopping on a plane to Isreal. I read an article today on Global Issues.org that discusses how Obama has a plan to revitalize the ongoing peace talks….We all remember Jimmy Cater and the Camp David accord of 1978 or 1980 was it? Moreover, how many times are is American going to “revisit” “review” or “restate” the peace agreements in the Middle East. Secondly, I wouldn’t outwardly call America imperialist, but America’s investment in the Middle East (oil) I would argue hinders on their democratic political structure.

http://www.globalissues.org/news/2013/03/23/16165

Moreover, Obama states, “The borders of Israel and Palestine should be based on the 1967 lines with mutually agreed swaps so that secure and recognized borders are established for both states.” His call was a first for a sitting U.S. president, and a low-point in Israel-U.S. relations. Furthermore Obama states America’s plan that “the Palestinian people deserve an end to the occupation.” And a Palestinian state as “the homeland of the Palestinian people alongside the Jewish State of Israel,” How do we do this though? This question has been in debate for decades, the conflict and the fighting has been going on forever, but no matter Obama has the solution! He says: “How do we get sovereignty for the Palestinian people, and how do we assure security for the Israeli people? That’s the essence of this negotiation,”

This is truly foreign policy at its finest…if only Nobel Peace Prize winner Jimmy Cater had thought of the art of negotiation as a platform for peace…Obama reassures the world in his plan that he doesn’t want to put the cart before the horse…Meaning when he solves the two problems the settlement issue will work itself out…

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