Late last night, I covered Netanyahu's reaction to Obama's suggestion that Israel go back to pre-1967 borders.
Today, we find that Obama's outreach to Middle East peace isn't sitting well with those who might soon share power with the Palestinian Authority:
President Barack Obama's Mideast policy speech Thursday was a "total failure," Hamas said Thursday evening.
"The (Arab) nation does not need a lesson on democracy from Obama," said Hamas spokesman in the Gaza Strip, Sami Abu-Zuhri. "Rather, Obama is the one who needs the lesson given his absolute endorsement of Israel's crimes and his refusal to condemn Israel's occupation."
"We will not recognize the Israeli occupation under any circumstances," the Hamas spokesman said, while adding: "We object to intervention in our internal affairs."
Abu-Zuhri also urged the Palestinian Authority not to endorse the American president's speech. He stressed the need to coordinate Palestinian positions in the face of what he referred to as "American-Israeli arrogance."
Other Hamas sources said the president's speech was "deceptive."
Someone explain to me how in hell we can expect these bastards to come to the table and negotiate peace.
Or how Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas can forge an agreement with these cave dwellers in an attempt to unify the Palestinians. Unbelievable.
You have to be a utopian buffoon or a complete idiot to sit down with neanderthals and expect to seriously negotiate anything with them.
Or you're someone who's aligned yourself with those purposed in Israel's destruction and the only differentiator is that you're settling to destroy the Jews more slowly.
Crossposted at Wizbang.












This is really an embarrassment for the US. To have our President make such a wild offer ... publicly before the whole world ... and to be blasted and really ... ridiculed .... by both sides he is trying to "reach out to" ...
Who is giving council to this man?
posted it.
Posted by: chuck aka xtnyoda | Friday, May 20, 2011 at 10:15 AM
Like buffing a turd, Barry thinks he can fix decades of hate and violence with…a really crappy speech.
And why not? He won an election with the same rhetorical “skills”. He’s completely convinced there is magic in his voice, that he can fundamentally transform the world by giving a speech.
He is a very dangerous man. Israel has just found out how dangerous.
Posted by: tim aka The Godless Heathen | Friday, May 20, 2011 at 01:42 PM
Liberals like Obama refuse to learn that appeasement in the middle east just does not work. He's a fool. A simple, simple fool.
Posted by: CV1 | Saturday, May 21, 2011 at 07:44 AM
This is just another example of Obama showing us one of two things; 1. He is extremely Pro-Muslim, or 2. He is the most arrogant World leader since Hitler and Stalin.
Posted by: poptoy1949 | Sunday, May 22, 2011 at 03:33 AM
It's a shame that a politician who I look up to would ignore the obvious human rights violations by Israel. It's really a shame that apartheid still exists in this world and I sincerely hope that U.S. policies to diplomacy in the Middle East developing into something more peaceful.
It is true that Hamas is terrible. But in my mind, Obama needs to bring the situation between these two states into perspective and see the tracks of trot committed.
Posted by: EE | Monday, May 23, 2011 at 09:15 AM