Obama är känd för att göra misstag och enligt min mening har han inte lärt sig någonting av sina tidigare misstag.
Nu säger han att världen inte tror att Israel på allvar vill ha en tvåstatslösning. Det är Israel som utpekas som den som bromsar fredsförhandlingarna. Av någon orsak är Obama blind för vad de palestinska ledarna står för. Genom att ställa krav på Israel men inte på palestinierna gör han palestinierna ännu ovilligare att förhandla, precis som han gjort genom sina tidigare uttalanden.
David Horivitz har skrivit en bra kommentar till intervjun.
"...And you, Mr. President, so ready to fault us
for failures, ready even in your interview to cite American failures and
mistakes and lost values, have failed to insist on a similar
self-reflection, and morality, and assertion of humane values from the
Palestinians and their leadership.
Yes, we are mighty Israel, a military force to
be reckoned with, an economic powerhouse, and they are the poor
Palestinians, ostensibly only seeking statehood. But take a step back
and we are a tiny sliver of land, nine miles wide at our narrowest
point, on the western edge of a vast landmass filled with hundreds of
millions of people largely hostile to the very fact of our existence. If
our enemies were to lay down their weapons right now, Mr. President,
there would be peace. If we were to lay down our weapons, our country
would be destroyed. And therefore, Mr. President, we will need a great
deal more reassurance before we dare to hope.
You can still help with that. Really, you can.
Start by demanding an end to incitement against Israel in Palestinian
schools, in Palestinian media and by Palestinian spiritual leaders.
Incidentally, demand similar efforts on the Israeli side, by all means.
Tell Abbas that a governing partnership with Hamas is unacceptable. Tell
him to stop battering Israel in every international forum, denouncing
us for “genocide” at the UN, seeking our isolation and economic
devastation. Again, make demands of Israel too, by all means. Urge
Netanyahu to stop building at settlements in areas even he does not
envisage retaining under a permanent accord. Ensure we do ease movement
for Palestinians in the West Bank, when it’s safe to do so. Encourage
the prime minister in his recent minor shift toward a more positive take
on the Arab Peace Initiative as a basis for a regional peace effort.
Chivy, mediate, encourage. But don’t embolden
our enemies by publicly placing so disproportionate a level of blame on
us for the failure of your peace efforts. Don’t indicate that you might
reduce your support for us at the UN. Don’t further bolster the growing
Palestinian confidence that the international community will impose
Palestinian statehood upon us without the necessity to negotiate
modalities that ensure our long-term well-being. Press the Palestinians
toward compromise; don’t indulge and endorse their obduracy. Work toward
a Palestinian state truly at peace with Israel. Help give us more
reasons to do what you want us to do, what you believe it is in our
interests to do, which is to favor hope over fear.
“We can’t just be driven by this sense that
there’s only danger; there’s also possibility,” you said in your
interview. Well then, act to reduce our sense of danger, Mr. President,
and you will find us determined to advance every possibility for a
better future.
You want us to be the very best Israel that we can be? So do we, Mr. President. So do we.
You said you see your job as “to feed hope”
and “not just feed fear.” Well, I implore you Mr. President, don’t
settle for blaming us for giving in to our concerns and our fears. Help
reduce them. Help alleviate them. Give us the evidence upon which to rebuild our hope."
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