Before Israel Election, a New Netanyahu-Obama Clash
- Former U.S. President Barack Obama criticized Israel’s treatment of Palestinians, saying it had “ceded moral high ground.”
- Obama said Israel’s military strength should come with responsibility and warned that refusing concessions could become “a disaster for you.”
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected Obama’s remarks, saying Jewish people are not foreign occupiers and that Israel is not a colonial enterprise.
- The dispute emerged days before Israel’s October 27 election, which was described as a tight race.
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The Israeli Prime Minister responded on Friday in a video message to the former US President, who explained that the Israelis "have taken the land from people they have expelled" Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, in a video broadcast on Friday, that "the Jewish people are not a foreign occupier." This is a direct response to a speech by Barack Obama last Tuesday during a trip to Belfast. The former US President explained that "the …
The former American president had considered that the Jewish people, "oppressed, discriminated against, killed" for millennia "taked the land to people." "Our history is not a colonial enterprise," Netanyahu replied in video without quoting it.
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Times of IndiaBefore Israel election, a new Netanyahu-Obama clash
Barack Obama recently addressed Israel's treatment of Palestinians, implying moral responsibility lies with the stronger party. He acknowledged the historical persecution of Jews while also recognising the plight of Palestinians. Netanyahu responded to Obama's comments by asserting Israel's claim over its historical homeland. Tensions between Netanyahu and Obama date back to their previous terms.
The reaction of the Israeli Prime Minister to the former US President's criticism of the regime caused tension between the two sides.
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