Cairo speech

The Republican Jewish Coalition said President Obama’s speech in Cairo was too balanced and “appear to mark the beginning of a worrisome shift in U.S. policy.” “President Barack Obama, in his major speech in Cairo this morning, struck a balanced tone with regard to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and that’s what was wrong with this speech,” […]

J Street is praising President Obama’s “strong reaffirmation of the essential interest the United States, Israel, Palestine and the world have in achieving a two-state resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict – and of his intention to provide the leadership necessary to reach it.” “The President was clear,” said J Street executive director Jeremy Ben-Ami. “Palestinians […]