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Posts Tagged ‘Obama speech to Muslims’

Shmuel Amir – Two Speeches: Obama in Conflict with Netanyahu?

By Mary Rizzo • Jun 30th, 2009 • Category: Analysis, Israel, Mary's Choice, Newswire, Palestine, War, Zionism

Hagada Hasmalit, 17 June 2009
Translated from Hebrew by George Malent

Netanyahu’s speech [of 14 June 2009] was perceived in Israel and the world as a reply to Obama’s speech in Cairo, and as such it has provoked a great deal of interest.
The content of the speech itself was fairly typical of those given by previous prime [...]

Joyce Chedia – On Obama's speech in Cairo

By Guest Post • Jun 13th, 2009 • Category: Analysis, Features, Israel, Newswire, Opinions and Letters, Palestine, Religion, Resistance, Somoud: Arab Voices of Resistance, War, Zionism

On June 4 U.S. President Barack Hussein Obama gave a much-heralded speech addressed to the Muslim world in Cairo, Egypt. The commentary below is based on a comment Chediac, a Lebanese-American, made at a June 5 Workers World Forum in New York City.

Obama made a speech. It was called “bold” and “tough on Israel” because [...]

Nima Shirazi – On the Table & Off the Map: Threats, Lies, and Iranian Elections

By Nima Shirazi • Jun 12th, 2009 • Category: Analysis, Counter-terrorism, No thanks!, Mary's Choice, Newswire, Religion, War

Eight days after Barack Obama delivered his much-touted speech in Cairo, Iranians are going to the polls to vote for their own president. Although reelection for incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad seemed to be guaranteed just a few weeks ago, there now appears to be growing potential for an upset victory by challenger Mir Hossein Mousavi, who [...]

Khalid Amayreh – Minefields in Obama's Cairo Speech

By Khalid Amayreh • Jun 11th, 2009 • Category: Analysis, Counter-terrorism, No thanks!, Features, Israel, Khalid Amayreh, Mary's Choice, Newswire, Our Authors, Palestine, Religion, Resistance, Somoud: Arab Voices of Resistance, War

It is hard to treat with indifference President Obama's speech in Cairo on 4 June, 2009.The speech itself seemed to represent an ostensible departure from the virulent anti-Islam rhetoric which very much characterized the general discourse of the former Bush administration.

Needless to say, the calumnies and canards concocted by Bush against the world's 1.5 billion Muslims; [...]