Nader Challenges Obama on AIPAC, Gaza
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Contact: Chris Driscoll, 202-360-3273, chris@votenader.org
NADER CHALLENGES OBAMA ON GAZA, AIPAC
There is one clear choice this year for peace in the Middle East.
Nader/Gonzalez.
The Nader/Gonzalez "peace in the Middle East" campaign is aiming to be on the ballot nationwide in November.
Only Nader/Gonzalez stands with the courageous Israeli and Palestinian peace movements.
Only Nader/Gonzalez stands with the majority of Jewish Americans and Arab Americans which polls repeatedly show support a two-state solution as a way for peace in the Middle East.
Only Nader/Gonzalez would reverse U.S. policy in the Middle East.
Doubt it?
Then just listen to Barack Obama's speech from this morning to the militarist and right-wing American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC).
Did Obama make one mention of the illegal Israeli blockade of Gaza's 1.5 million people and the UN-documented resulting humanitarian disaster there?
He did not.
Instead, Obama talked about "a Gaza controlled by Hamas with rockets raining down on Israel."
Did Obama mention U.S. government supplied Israeli firepower resulting in Palestinian civilian casualties in Gaza at a ratio of 400 to 1 (Palestinian to Israeli)
He did not.
Many peace loving Israelis and Jewish Americans will be disgusted by Obama's speech today.
Like the editor at the Israeli newspaper Haaretz who wrote that the Israeli government has "lost its reason" through the brutal incarceration, devastation and deprivation of the innocent people in Gaza.
Obama told AIPAC today that "we must isolate Hamas." (In its current form.)
Did he mention that a March 2008 Haaretz poll showed that 64 percent of the Israeli people want direct negotiations for peace between Israel and Hamas, while only 28% oppose it?
He did not.
Instead, Obama said this morning that "Egypt must cut off the smuggling of weapons into Gaza."
Did he say that Israel must stop bombing the people of Gaza?
He did not.
Obama this morning told AIPAC that "Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel, and it must remain undivided."
Did Obama mention that this pledge undermines the widespread international consensus two-state solution peace plan?
He did not.
So, in a nutshell:
In this critical election year, Nader/Gonzalez stands on these issues with the majority of Israelis, Palestinians, Jewish-Americans and Arab Americans.
Obama/McCain stand with the hard-line minority position of AIPAC.
Nader/Gonzalez will work to make the voices for peace heard throughout this election year.
