Obama in Israel

As the UN highlights the humanitarian crisis a mile away from where Senator Obama chose to celebrate "Sderot" on his Middle East tour, Afshin Rattansi interviews an analyst in Gaza.
SDEROT, Israel — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says it's in the interest of Israeli security to arrive at a lasting peace with the Palestinians, and called Iran the biggest common threat to U.S. and Israeli security.
Obama spoke at a press conference in Sderot, near the Gaza border. The city has been a frequent target of rocket attacks from Palestinian militants. Shards of rockets were in stacks behind Obama as a reminder of ongoing attacks.
In Obama's words: "America must always stand up for Israel's right to defend itself against those who threaten its people."
He also said that Jerusalem will be the capital of Israel, but the issue should be dealt with by the parties involved. Obama had raised eyebrows earlier in the campaign when he raised the issue; Palestinians also consider Jerusalem as their capital city.
And in an apparent show of friendship, the mayor of Sderot gave Obama a T-shirt at the end of the press conference. Also showing it to the pool of reporters, the shirt read "I [heart] Sderot." Piercing the center of the heart appeared to be a missile.

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[tinkietepax]

bush or obama = same shit !!!

[tweed187187]

robertsdigital...gos will take care of all bad people when he comes on judment day even bad isealies but israel is gods chosen people and i will always support israel.i will never argue on here because it gets nowhere.i just hope you people will pick up the bible and pray before its too late peace and love from america.

[gobuddyboy]

osama obama said notthing about how israel broke ceasefire, and much more before hamas shot rockets in to terrorist israel. USA support israeli terror

[joeytruelove]

@tinkietepax When it comes to certain things: yes. Induced by fear or for the benefit of money some people are prepared to sell their soul

[pierceys234]

three Arab countries attacked Israel in a war with much larger armies and it defeated all three of them in less than a week and now people want them to give back land that imo they deserve?

[Schweinetot]

Why is everyone who comments on videos like this a fascist anti-semetic?

[USAdude30]

@shady19022 That is hands down the best question any American can ask these days.Why is right.

[VENNY046]

question? how can isreal defend itself since it is the aggressor thru occupation, in small words going into arab country and setup shop and expanding ,,, the palestis are fighting for this aggressor to be remove from there place ?

[shady19022]

one question : why do america stand by israel that much ?! Why that much ? Why ?

[same270]

where is obama standing a junk yard fuck israel is just insulting obama .

[areen1428]

isn't ur grampa arabic??/ so u are sayinge isreal should win??kk well go get ur grandpa and he will beat u up