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Sen. Obama: U.S. must support Israel's right to self defense
By Shmuel Rosner, Haaretz Correspondent
WASHINGTON - United States Senator Barack Obama, a Democrat from Illinois
who is competing for his party's presidential nomination, told Haaretz on
Thursday that the United States should help protect Israel from its
"dangerous" enemies.
"My view is that the United States' special relationship with Israel
obligates us to be helpful to them in the search for credible partners with
whom they can make peace, while also supporting Israel in defending itself
against enemies sworn to its destruction," he said.
"Israelis want more than anything to live in peace with their neighbors,
but Israel also has real - and very dangerous - enemies," Obama said.
Obama, the first black candidate with a real chance at the Democratic
nomination, intends to present his policy regarding Israel soon, and his
staff has been drafting a speech on the subject.
In his speech, Obama intends to remove any doubts that the Democratic
Party's donors and constituents, many of whom are Jewish, may have about
his support for Israel.
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