Sunday, January 11, 2009

Obama: I will not play ball with Hamas


Obama Won't Deal with Hamas

The incoming Obama administration will not abandon President George Bush's doctrine of isolating Hamas, the Obama transition team's chief national security spokeswoman, Brooke Anderson, told the Jerusalem Post.
(Jerusalem Post)


UPDATE:

Obama: Countries must protect citizens -Hilay Leila Krieger

US President-elect Barack Obama stood by comments he made this summer on the right of Israelis to defend themselves, saying Sunday during an interview with George Stephanopoulos on ABC, that "a basic principle of any country is that they've got to protect their citizens."
[Jerusalem Post]

1 comment:

LHwrites said...

There was never any indication of otherwise. When Obama talked about negotiating, he spoke of governments, even odious one's like the current Iranian regime, not terrorist groups like Hamas.