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The undoing of Obama's Cairo speech
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| Last Edited | Penguin Mar 15, 2010 02:17am |
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| Category | Analysis |
| Author | Alaa Bayoumi |
| News Date | Monday, March 15, 2010 08:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The visit to Israel by Joe Biden, the US vice-president, may usher in a new stage in US foreign policy towards the Middle East peace process, a phase that is clearly different from what many Arabs hoped for after listening to Barack Obama, the US president, in Cairo last June.
At that time, the young and charismatic president, who enjoyed wide Arab sympathy and support during his presidential election campaign, called for "a new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world", a new start that is based on mutual respect and honest politics.
"America will align our policies with those who pursue peace and will say in public what we say in private," Obama said about the Arab-Israeli peace process, calling on Israel to "stop" the building of settlements.
But just a few months later, Obama gave up on asking Israel to freeze the construction of settlements. |
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